Clinical trial NCT03553992: An Extended Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers
Official title: An Extended Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Tobacco Use
Smoking
Tobacco Dependence
Tobacco Use Disorder
Tobacco Use Cessation
Tobacco Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Smoking, Cigarette
Smoking, Tobacco
Keywords: Tobacco
Gender Identity Minority
Sexual Identity Minority
Cessation
Intervention
Young Adults
Social Media
Internet
Cigarette
Lead sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Tobacco Related Disease Research Program
First posted: 2018-06-12
Enrollment: 173
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 2-year research plan will test the Extended Put It Out Project (POP-6) in a pilot randomized trial (N=168) compared to TSP-6, as well as comparing POP-6 and TSP-6 to the POP-3 and TSP-3 interventions from a previously-conducted trial. Participants will be young adults who smoke, identify as sexual or gender minorities (SGM), and use Facebook. Primary outcome will be biochemically verified 7-day abstinence from smoking at 3 and 6 months. Secondary outcomes will be a quit attempt (y/n), stage of change, and thoughts about tobacco abstinence at 3 and 6 months.

Detailed description: Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions: (1) a 6-month Facebook-delivered intervention addressing tobacco use, tailored to SGM young adults; or (2) a 6-month Facebook intervention targeting tobacco use. Both interventions will include 180 days of Facebook-based messages and activities tailored to participants' readiness to quit smoking.

Assessments will occur at baseline, 3, and 6 months follow-up. Assessments will include measures on smoking, thoughts about abstinence, and SGM identity experiences. All participants who report no past 7-day smoking will be asked to give biochemical verification of smoking status with saliva nicotine test kits that will be mailed to participants.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* read English
* between 18 and 25 years of age
* indicate they use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
* have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
* identifies as SGM
* lives in California

Exclusion Criteria:

* do not read English
* are not between 18 and 25 years of age
* indicate they do not use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
* have not smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
* does not identify as SGM
* does not live in California

Primary outcomes:
measure: 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 3 months
timeFrame: 3 months post baseline
measure: 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 6 months
timeFrame: 6 months post baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Reduction in cigarettes smoked by at least 50%
timeFrame: 3 and 6 months post baseline
measure: Tobacco use quit attempts
timeFrame: 3 and 6 months post baseline
measure: Readiness to quit tobacco
timeFrame: 3 and 6 months post baseline
measure: Thoughts About Tobacco Abstinence
timeFrame: 3 and 6 months post baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: San Francisco
country: United States
facility: University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: University of California, San Francisco
name: Gary L. Humfleet, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Ramo DE, Thrul J, Chavez K, Delucchi KL, Prochaska JJ. Feasibility and Quit Rates of the Tobacco Status Project: A Facebook Smoking Cessation Intervention for Young Adults. J Med Internet Res. 2015 Dec 31;17(12):e291. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5209.
citation: Thrul J, Klein AB, Ramo DE. Smoking Cessation Intervention on Facebook: Which Content Generates the Best Engagement? J Med Internet Res. 2015 Nov 11;17(11):e244. doi: 10.2196/jmir.4575.
citation: Ramo DE, Thrul J, Delucchi KL, Ling PM, Hall SM, Prochaska JJ. The Tobacco Status Project (TSP): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a Facebook smoking cessation intervention for young adults. BMC Public Health. 2015 Sep 15;15:897. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2217-0.
citation: Ramo DE, Rodriguez TM, Chavez K, Sommer MJ, Prochaska JJ. Facebook Recruitment of Young Adult Smokers for a Cessation Trial: Methods, Metrics, and Lessons Learned. Internet Interv. 2014 Apr;1(2):58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2014.05.001.
citation: Ramo DE, Liu H, Prochaska JJ. A mixed-methods study of young adults' receptivity to using Facebook for smoking cessation: if you build it, will they come? Am J Health Promot. 2015 Mar-Apr;29(4):e126-35. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.130326-QUAL-128. Epub 2014 Feb 27.