Clinical trial NCT01166334: WebQuit Online Smoking Cessation Study
Official title: WebQuit Online Smoking Cessation Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Smoking
Keywords: Smoking
Smoke
Cigarette
Cessation
Quit
Online
Web
Stop
Lead sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-07-21
Enrollment: 721
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Would you like to quit smoking?

Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is launching a new study that may be able to help. Participants who enroll in this study will be randomly assigned by computer (like flipping a coin) to one of two online programs. The goal of this study is to learn which of these programs is the most effective at helping people stop smoking. Findings from this study will be used to help build more effective online smoking cessation programs in the future.

Participants in both of the smoking cessation programs used in this study will receive:

* Interactive tools for dealing more effectively with urges to smoke
* Step-by-step guides for quitting smoking
* Personalized plans for quitting and remaining smoke-free
* Electronic links for reaching one-on-one expert help for quitting

Participants will be asked to complete online questionnaires, including a brief three-month follow-up survey.

There is no cost for participating in this study.

To enroll in this study or for more information, please visit www.webquit.com.

This study is being conducted by Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (www.fhcrc.org), a world leader in advancing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The principal investigator for the WebQuit smoking cessation study is Dr. Jonathan Bricker, a faculty member at both the Hutchinson Center and at the University of Washington in Seattle.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 or older
* a current resident of the US
* someone who has smoked daily for at least the past 12 months
* someone who wants to quit smoking in the next 30 days
* willing and able to read in English
* able to connect to the Internet for at least one hour per week for three consecutive months
* able to use a website
* not participating in other smoking cessation interventions
* willing and able to complete a Baseline Survey
* willing to be randomized to either online program

Exclusion Criteria:

* inability to meet inclusion criteria

Primary outcomes:
measure: 7-day point prevalence
timeFrame: 3 months and 6 months post treatment
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Seattle
country: United States
facility: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
state: Washington
Study officials:
affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
name: Jonathan Bricker, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Kwon DM, Santiago-Torres M, Mull KE, Sullivan BM, Bricker JB. Older adults who smoke: Do they engage with and benefit from web-based smoking cessation interventions? Prev Med. 2022 Aug;161:107118. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107118. Epub 2022 Jun 17.
citation: Jones HA, Heffner JL, Mercer L, Wyszynski CM, Vilardaga R, Bricker JB. Web-based acceptance and commitment therapy smoking cessation treatment for smokers with depressive symptoms. J Dual Diagn. 2015;11(1):56-62. doi: 10.1080/15504263.2014.992588.