Vape-Free Text-Messaging: Pilot Study

Jovan Gwon, PhD, RN, FIAAN50 enrolled

Overview

This is a small pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the e-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention with young adults in rural areas.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

E-cigarette Use

Interventions

E-cigarette cessation text-messaging interventionBEHAVIORAL

This is the intervention for e-cigarette cessation using text messages targeting young adults in rural areas.

Standard care control using standard national resourcesBEHAVIORAL

This is the standard care with national resources from smokefree.gov.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 24 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking * 18-24 years * everyday e-cigarette use in the past month * ownership of a mobile phone or smartphone with texting and internet access abilities * knowledge of how to use text messages * plan on quitting e-cigarette use within one month * home address in a rural county of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals who reported use of other tobacco products (e.g., cigarettes, smokeless tobacco) than e-cigarettes in the past month

Locations (1)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of participants recruited and randomized

Time frame: Throughout 12 months

Self-reported proportion of text messages read

Proportion of text messages read during the intervention or standard care at 1 month

Time frame: At 1 month

Retention rates (proportion of participants remained until 1 month post-intervention from enrollment)

Proportion of participants from enrollment to 1 month post-intervention or standard-care

Time frame: At 1 month

Level of acceptability of the intervention

1. When you had received our text messages from our VapeFreeTXT program 1 month ago, how many of our text messages did you read on a typical day? Not at all (1) Read about 25% messages (2) Read about half messages (3) Read about 75% messages (4) Read the entire messages (5) 2. How useful was our VapeFreeTXT program in helping you quit vaping? Not at all useful (1) Slightly useful (2) Moderately useful (3) Very useful (4) Extremely useful (5) 3. Did our VapeFreeTXT program make you think about quitting vaping? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5) 4. Do you think our VapeFreeTXT program will change your vaping? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5) 5. Would you recommend this program to a friend or others? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5)

Time frame: At 1 month

Proportion of salivary cotinine samples returned

Proportion of salivary cotinine samples returned to the office lab for cotinine analysis

Time frame: At 1 month

Self-reported 7-days point prevalence abstinence from ENDS and other tobacco

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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