Clinical trial NCT02544360: A Photoaging Mobile App Promoting Poster Campaign for Preventing Smoking in Secondary Schools
Official title: Smokerface: A Photoaging Mobile App Promoting Poster Campaign for Preventing Smoking in Secondary Schools: Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Tobacco Addiction
Smoking Related Diseases
Adolescent Smoking
Keywords: photoaging mobile apps
adolescent smoking
tobacco prevention
school-based prevention
adolescent health
school health
smoking
tobacco
Lead sponsor: University of Giessen
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Heidelberg University
name: Goethe University
name: Massachusetts General Hospital
name: Universität Duisburg-Essen
name: Harvard University
name: University Medical Center Goettingen
name: University of Freiburg
name: University of Bonn
name: Technical University of Munich
name: University of Homburg
name: German Center for Lung Research
name: The German Heart Foundation
First posted: 2015-09-09
Enrollment: 12000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 9
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether photoaging mobile app promoting poster campaigns are effective to reduce smoking prevalence among adolescents in Germany. This is measured via questionnaire.

Detailed description: This RCT will investigate a novel mean of school-based tobacco prevention: Photoaging app promoting poster campaigns. The effects are measured via questionnaire.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Students from Germany aged 9 to 14 years at baseline attending grades six and seven of regular German secondary schools (such as grammar, general, intermediate or comprehensive school) are eligible.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Older or younger pupils or pupils from other school types or countries or schools who previously participated in an event where the Smokerface app was presented are not eligible.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The change in smoking prevalence between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.
timeFrame: 24 months post intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Difference in attitude towards smoking between the two groups at 24 months follow-up measured via questionnaires.
timeFrame: 24 months post intervention
measure: The change in never-smokers between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.
timeFrame: 24 months post intervention
measure: The difference in the number of quitters (=cigarette smokers at baseline but not at endline) between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.
timeFrame: 24 months post intervention
measure: The difference in the number of starters (=starters are participants who are not cigarette smokers at baseline but at endline) between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.
timeFrame: 24 months post intervention
measure: The change in smoking prevalence between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between female participants of the two groups measured via questionnaires.
timeFrame: 24 months post intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Giessen
country: Germany
facility: University of Gießen
state: Hessen
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Giessen
name: Titus J Brinker
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Brinker TJ, Seeger W. Photoaging Mobile Apps: A Novel Opportunity for Smoking Cessation? J Med Internet Res. 2015 Jul 27;17(7):e186. doi: 10.2196/jmir.4792. No abstract available.
citation: Brinker TJ, Holzapfel J, Baudson TG, Sies K, Jakob L, Baumert HM, Heckl M, Cirac A, Suhre JL, Mathes V, Fries FN, Spielmann H, Rigotti N, Seeger W, Herth F, Groneberg DA, Raupach T, Gall H, Bauer C, Marek P, Batra A, Harrison CH, Taha L, Owczarek A, Hofmann FJ, Thomas R, Mons U, Kreuter M. Photoaging smartphone app promoting poster campaign to reduce smoking prevalence in secondary schools: the Smokerface Randomized Trial: design and baseline characteristics. BMJ Open. 2016 Nov 7;6(11):e014288. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014288.