Text Message Support to Prevent Smoking Relapse

Miami University58 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this research is to test a text message intervention for people who are beginning an attempt to quit smoking. The intervention seeks to teach people to think about their cravings to smoke in more helpful ways. The investigators expect that participants receiving the text message craving program will be less likely to begin smoking again compared to participants in a control condition.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Tobacco Use Disorder

Interventions

Text Message Craving ProgramBEHAVIORAL

Text messages targeting cravings delivered 2-3 times per day.

Self-Help Manual Plus Control TextsBEHAVIORAL

Self-help manual plus motivational text messages delivered 2-3 times per day.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 or older * Current daily smoking defined as smoking ≥5 cigarettes per day and having smoked for at least 3 months. During the first visit smoking status will be verified by a Carbon Monoxide level of at least 8 parts per million. * Have a mobile phone and use text messaging at least monthly * Be planning to quit smoking without pharmacological help. Exclusion Criteria: * Significant cognitive impairment * Current therapy or pharmacological intervention for smoking or nicotine cravings * Inability to read English

Locations (1)

Miami University

Oxford, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

7-Day Point Prevalence Abstinence

Point prevalence abstinence is defined as the prevalence of not experiencing a full relapse in the period immediately preceding measurement. A full relapse will be defined as 7 continuous days of smoking or smoking ≥ 1 day(s) per week for the two consecutive weeks preceding the time of measurement. Self-reported abstinence will be verified by a Carbon Monoxide assay of breath samples and will override self-report in the direction of smoking.

Time frame: End of Treatment (6-week) Follow-Up

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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