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Social Media Support Groups for Adolescent Vaping Cessation

ConditionsVapingVaping CessationNicotine Dependence
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13+
SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to pilot test feasibility and acceptability of the Quit the Hit Toolkit, a social media-based nicotine vaping cessation program for adolescents and young adults, adapted for use in community settings.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

English literacy

Age between 13-21 years (group participants) or 18+ (coaches, peer mentors)

Indicate they use social media "most" (>= 4) days per week (group participants)

Have vaped at least once per week in the past 30 days (90 percent of participants) (group participants)

Disqualifiers

No English literacy

Age under 13 or over 21 (group participants) or under 18 (coaches, peer mentors)

Insufficient social media use (3 or fewer days per week) (group participants)

Have not vaped at least once per week in past 30 days (group participants)

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Social Media Intervention

    Behavioral

    Social media based intervention using Instagram with up to 3 posts per day for 30 days

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Vaping InterventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Number of coaches who complete training and coach a vaping cessation group for 5 weeks

Participants will be trained to serve as group coaches, implementing the intervention ("Quit the Hit Toolkit") to help teens and young adults stop vaping. Coaches will complete training and each will recruit approximately 10 participants for a vaping cessation group for 5 weeks. Investigators will track the number of coaches who successfully complete both training, recruit participants, and coach the groups for 5 weeks.

Time frame
5 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

Number of participants recruited and enrolled in the pilot study

Coaches will work through their networks to recruit approximately 10 participants age 13-21 to participate in vaping cessation groups. The number of participants who qualify for the study on the study website, and the number who enroll in the study will be tracked.

Time frame
From time that coaches complete training to pilot group kickoff not greater than 4 weeks
2

Number of participants who complete vaping cessation group over 5 weeks

The number of participants who remain in the vaping cessation groups and like, post, or otherwise respond to the intervention posts or texts over 5 weeks, and who complete the survey at the end of the intervention will be tracked.

Time frame
From start of cessation groups to end of the intervention over 5 weeks.
3

Acceptability of training protocol and intervention procedures to coaches and participants measured by qualitative interviews

All coaches, peer mentors, and participants in the pilot intervention will be invited to participate in interviews or focus groups. Study investigators will solicit feedback on acceptability of the study procedures, training, recruitment, intervention experience, payment systems, and other engagement procedures.

Time frame
Following the end of pilot groups over about 2 weeks

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of California, San Francisco

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator

Rescue Agency

Collaborator

HopeLab Foundation

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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