The primary purpose of this study is to understand the feasibility of a text messaging intervention developed by the National Cancer Institute, known as Smokefreetxt, to improve smoking cessation among opiate and/or alcohol dependent participants discharged from an inpatient detoxification unit and enrolled in an office-based buprenorphine program patients (OBBP). Participants will be randomized to 1) treatment as usual (TAU) comprised of informational pamphlets and information for a 1800 quit line; and a prescription for a nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) (i.e. nicotine replacement patches based on the quantity of baseline self-reported smoking, or nicotine replacement gum (2mg) #10, for 28 days which is offered routinely to all inpatients at Bellevue at the time of discharge) versus the SmokeFreeTXT intervention plus prescriptions for NRT.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
203
informational pamphlets and information from 1800 quit line + prescription for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) based on on the quantity of baseline self-reported smoking, or nicotine replacement gum (2mg)
a prescription for a nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) (i.e. nicotine replacement patches based on the quantity of baseline self-reported smoking, or nicotine replacement gum (2mg)
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York, United States
Difference in patient acceptability assessed via rates of participant adoption of TMI
Time frame: 24 Weeks
Feasibility measured by rates of retention in the TMI
Time frame: 24 Weeks
Clinical impact assessed using self-reported abstinence at week 1 via a text message inquiry from study
Time frame: 24 Weeks
Change in pattern of mobile device, computer, and internet usage.
Time frame: 24 Weeks
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