An Internet-Based Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Program for Teens

Oregon Research Institute

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Smokeless Tobacco Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Usual Care; Behavioral: Tailored, enhanced condition

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00680615

R01CA118575

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the efficacy of a targeted, tailored, and highly interactive smokeless tobacco cessation website to a website with more static information that is similar to websites that can be found through a typical Internet search.

Enrollment: 1,716 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 14-25 years of age
• Have access to the Internet
• Currently using smokeless tobacco products
• Currently contemplating quitting all tobacco products
• Able to read and write English; and
• Willing to share phone number, e-mail, and mailing address with the research project

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,716 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual Care

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual Care

Enhanced

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tailored, enhanced condition