Clinical trial NCT03874585: Text Messaging-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Homeless Youth
Official title: Text Messaging-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Homeless Youth
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
PHASE2
Conditions: Cigarette Smoking
Lead sponsor: RAND
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-03-14
Enrollment: 77
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: Unaccompanied homeless youth smoke at much higher rates than non-homeless adolescents and young adults. Many homeless youth smokers are motivated to quit; yet, strategies specifically developed for this vulnerable population are lacking. This study will develop and pilot test a text messaging intervention (also known as a TMI) to help homeless youth quit smoking. Text messaging can provide ongoing support for homeless youth during a quit attempt, which is important given that these youth tend to be highly mobile and lack regular access to health services. Participants in this study will be homeless youth who currently smoke and are motivated to quit smoking. All participants will receive a 30-minute group-based smoking cessation counseling session and a nicotine replacement product. Half of these smokers will also receive the TMI, for 6 weeks following the group counseling session, which will provide ongoing support for quitting. The main goal of this study is to investigate whether receiving the TMI results in greater reductions in cigarette smoking over a 3-month period compared to receiving the group counseling session alone.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* between ages of 18-25
* seeking services at one of the participating drop-in centers for homeless youth
* smoked at least 5 cigarettes per day on at least 20 days in the past month
* motivated to quit in next 30 days
* has a cell phone to receive text messages and willing to receive text messages

Exclusion Criteria:

* currently pregnant or breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant or breastfeed in the next 6 months
* has a medical condition (based on self-report) which would prevent using the nicotine replacement product
* used pharmacotherapy to reduce or stop smoking in the past 30 days
* currently receiving other smoking cessation services

Primary outcomes:
measure: 90 day continuous abstinence
timeFrame: 90 days
measure: 7 day abstinence
timeFrame: 7 days
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: My Friend's Place
state: California
city: Los Angeles
country: United States
facility: Los Angeles LGBT Center Youth Center
state: California
city: Venice
country: United States
facility: Safe Place for Youth
state: California
Study officials:
References:
citation: Pedersen ER, Linnemayr S, Shadel WG, Zutshi R, DeYoreo M, Cabreros I, Tucker JS. Substance Use and Mental Health Outcomes from a Text Messaging-Based Intervention for Smoking Cessation Among Young People Experiencing Homelessness. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jan 1;24(1):130-134. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab160.
citation: Tucker JS, Linnemayr S, Pedersen ER, Shadel WG, Zutshi R, DeYoreo M, Cabreros I. Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of a Text Messaging-Based Intervention for Smoking Cessation Among Young People Experiencing Homelessness. Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 Aug 29;23(10):1691-1698. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab055.
citation: Linnemayr S, Zutshi R, Shadel W, Pedersen E, DeYoreo M, Tucker J. Text Messaging Intervention for Young Smokers Experiencing Homelessness: Lessons Learned From a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2021 Apr 1;9(4):e23989. doi: 10.2196/23989.
citation: Tucker JS, Pedersen ER, Linnemayr S, Shadel WG, DeYoreo M, Zutshi R. A text message intervention for quitting cigarette smoking among young adults experiencing homelessness: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2020 Feb 19;15(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s13722-020-00187-6.