Clinical trial NCT03978455: A Pilot Study of the Learn, Connect, and Quit Mobile Application
Official title: A Pilot Study of the Learn, Connect, and Quit Mobile Application
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Keywords: Mobile app
Lead sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2019-06-07
Enrollment: 16
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The Smoker Participant Group will consist of adult English-speaking smokers attending a clinic visit at their primary care clinic.

The Clinic Staff Group will consist of adult staff (rooming staff and clinical providers) at the primary care clinic where Smoker Participant Group participants will be recruited.

Brief summary: This research study aims to develop and test the effectiveness of a mobile application for patients who smoke to use while waiting in the clinic exam room to see their provider. The application will present patients with a variety of videos designed to increase their engagement in evidence-based smoking cessation treatment and offer them action steps to engage in smoking-related treatment or discussions with their provider.

Detailed description: The overarching goal of this study is to develop a novel, effective mobile application for patients to use while waiting in the clinic exam room to see their provider and to access on-line after their visit. The Learn, Connect, and Quit (LCQ) application will present patients with a variety of videos designed to increase their understanding of, and engagement in, evidence-based smoking cessation treatment (e.g., videos that address barriers to cessation and explain treatment options). The LCQ app will also be coordinated within the clinical care system to allow patients to self-refer for smoking treatment and will serve as a prompt to begin a conversation with the provider thereby connecting smokers to evidence-based treatment with minimal staff burden, thus, increasing the feasibility and sustainability of this intervention. This research will pursue the following specific aims:

Specific Aim 1: Develop the Learn, Connect, and Quit mobile application to: 1) present educational and motivational content in an easily accessible manner (i.e., via videos); and 2) provide avenues for smokers to connect to evidence-based treatment (e.g., request a referral to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quitline via the app, initiate a discussion with their provider).

Specific Aim 2: Identify optimal implementation procedures and clinical workflows to facilitate the use of the LCQ app within the clinical setting.

Specific Aim 3: Establish the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of the Learn, Connect, and Quit app among smokers in a primary care clinic to support an NIH R01 application.

This research will create an innovative, patient-driven intervention that can be integrated into healthcare systems and leverage the patient wait times in traditional clinical settings to provide motivational content and treatment information to increase: motivation, smoking treatment engagement, and connections with evidence-based treatment resources. This innovative product will then be tested in larger implementation trials with external funding.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria for Smoker Participant Group:

* participant be age 18 or older, speak and understand English, smoke cigarettes, and complete the referral form agreeing to be contacted for an assessment

Exclusion Criteria:

* none

Inclusion Criteria for Clinic Staff Group:

* must be either rooming staff or clinical provider (e.g., physician, nurse practitioner, etc.)

Exclusion Criteria:

* none

Primary outcomes:
measure: Total time spent watching videos
timeFrame: One day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Clinical Utility of the Learn, Connect, and Quit Mobile Application
timeFrame: One day
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Madison
country: United States
facility: University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
state: Wisconsin
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, School of Medicine and Public Health
name: Megan E Piper, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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