Clinical trial NCT01516632: Smoking Cessation Via Text Messaging: Feasibility Testing of Stop My Smoking USA
Official title: Smoking Cessation Via Text Messaging: Feasibility Testing of SMS USA
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Smoking Cessation
Keywords: Cellular Phone
Mobile Phone
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Technology
Smoking cessation
young adults
Lead sponsor: Center for Innovative Public Health Research
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Michigan State University
name: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
name: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
First posted: 2012-01-25
Enrollment: 164
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The investigators developed a text messaging-based smoking cessation program called SMS (Stop My Smoking) USA. It was tailored for the unique needs and smoking habits of young adults. The investigators hypothesized that those in the SMS USA intervention would be significantly more likely to be quit at 6-months compared to the attention-matched control group.

Detailed description: About one in four young adults are current smokers. Although over half report the desire to quit or cut down, quit rates in this age group have remained stagnant in the last ten years. Text messaging may represent a compelling intervention delivery method for smoking cessation for young adults because it is a medium they have widely adopted. Cell phone interventions also are unique because of their 'always on' capability - interventions are never far from the young adult's reach and they are received automatically instead of requiring the participant to initiate contact in order to receive the information. Dr. Ybarra, along with Drs. Holtrop and Graham, have developed SMS Turkey, an innovative behavioral intervention that uses text messaging to deliver CBT-based smoking cessation information to participants daily. Successful use of text messaging to deliver smoking cessation programs has been reported by Rodgers and colleagues in New Zealand and a replication study they are leading in the United Kingdom. These data provide optimism for the feasibility of text messaging-based smoking cessation programs in the United States. Using qualitative methods to inform design and content, and quantitative methods to assess the feasibility of the program, we propose to design and test SMS (Stop My Smoking) USA, a cell-phone based smoking cessation program for young adults ages 18-25. This innovative smoking cessation program uses technology widely adopted by young adults, an under-targeted population, to deliver a proactive, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention. Our multidisciplinary team of researchers brings together expertise in Internet health and the design of tailored smoking cessation interventions.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 28 cigarettes or more per week (at least 4/day) and on at least 6 days/week.
* Owning a text-capable cell phone and cognizant of how to send and receive text messages
* Currently enrolled or intending to enroll in an unlimited text messaging plan
* Enrolled with a cell phone carrier that was compatible with the program software
* Agree to verification of smoking cessation status by a significant other
* Able to read and write in English
* Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Continuous Abstinence at 3-months Assessed in Accordance With the NIH Behavior Change Consortium's Recommendations
timeFrame: 3-months post-quit
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Point Prevalence
timeFrame: 4-weeks post-quit
measure: Continuous Abstinence at 4-weeks Post-quit
timeFrame: 4 weeks post-quit
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Santa Ana
country: United States
facility: Internet Solutions for Kids, Inc.
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: Center for Innovative Public Health Research
name: Michele Ybarra, MPH PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Ybarra ML, Holtrop JS, Prescott TL, Strong D. Process evaluation of a mHealth program: lessons learned from Stop My Smoking USA, a text messaging-based smoking cessation program for young adults. Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Nov;97(2):239-43. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.009. Epub 2014 Jul 17.
citation: Ybarra ML, Prescott TL, Holtrop JS. Steps in tailoring a text messaging-based smoking cessation program for young adults. J Health Commun. 2014 Dec;19(12):1393-407. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2014.901441. Epub 2014 Apr 25.
citation: Filion AJ, Darlington G, Chaput JP, Ybarra M, Haines J. Examining the influence of a text message-based sleep and physical activity intervention among young adult smokers in the United States. BMC Public Health. 2015 Jul 16;15:671. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2045-2.
citation: Ybarra ML, Holtrop JS, Prescott TL, Rahbar MH, Strong D. Pilot RCT results of stop my smoking USA: a text messaging-based smoking cessation program for young adults. Nicotine Tob Res. 2013 Aug;15(8):1388-99. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nts339. Epub 2013 Jan 24.