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Vape-Free Text-Messaging: Pilot Study

ConditionE-cigarette Use
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-24
SponsorJovan Gwon, PhD, RN, FIAAN

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

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

Disqualifiers

Individuals who reported use of other tobacco products (e.g., cigarettes, smokeless tobacco) than e-cigarettes in the past month

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention

    Behavioral

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

  • Standard care control using standard national resources

    Behavioral

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

Treatment groups

50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Intervention (E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention)Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Standard care (Standard care control using standard national resources)Active comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Number of participants recruited and randomized

Number of participants recruited and randomized

Time frame
Throughout 12 months
2

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
3

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
4

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

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Jovan Gwon, PhD, RN, FIAAN

Lead sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Sponsor institution

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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