An Extended Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers (POP-6)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tobacco Dependence; Smoking, Cigarette; Tobacco Use Cessation; Tobacco Use Disorder; Smoking, Tobacco; Tobacco Smoking; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Tobacco Use

Treatments: Behavioral: TSP-6:; Behavioral: POP-6:

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03553992

26IR-0004 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

P0520362

Details and patient eligibility

About

The 2-year research plan will test the Extended Put It Out Project (POP-6) in a pilot randomized trial (N=168) compared to TSP-6, as well as comparing POP-6 and TSP-6 to the POP-3 and TSP-3 interventions from a previously-conducted trial. Participants will be young adults who smoke, identify as sexual or gender minorities (SGM), and use Facebook. Primary outcome will be biochemically verified 7-day abstinence from smoking at 3 and 6 months. Secondary outcomes will be a quit attempt (y/n), stage of change, and thoughts about tobacco abstinence at 3 and 6 months.

Full description

Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions: (1) a 6-month Facebook-delivered intervention addressing tobacco use, tailored to SGM young adults; or (2) a 6-month Facebook intervention targeting tobacco use. Both interventions will include 180 days of Facebook-based messages and activities tailored to participants' readiness to quit smoking.

Assessments will occur at baseline, 3, and 6 months follow-up. Assessments will include measures on smoking, thoughts about abstinence, and SGM identity experiences. All participants who report no past 7-day smoking will be asked to give biochemical verification of smoking status with saliva nicotine test kits that will be mailed to participants.

Enrollment: 173 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• read English
• between 18 and 25 years of age
• indicate they use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
• have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
• identifies as SGM
• lives in California

Exclusion criteria

• do not read English
• are not between 18 and 25 years of age
• indicate they do not use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
• have not smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
• does not identify as SGM
• does not live in California

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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173 participants in 2 patient groups

The Put It Out Project (POP-6):

Experimental group

Description:

a culturally tailored intervention developed for sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults on Facebook

Treatment:

Behavioral: POP-6:

Tobacco Status Project (TSP-6):

Experimental group

Description:

the original TSP intervention (non-tailored) delivered to groups of only SGM participants on Facebook

Treatment:

Behavioral: TSP-6: