An Online Intervention to Reduce E-cigarette Use and Susceptibility to Smoking in Young Adults

University of Southern California

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: E-cigarette Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Live Free From E-cigarettes

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06129123

UP-23-00005-AM001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this intervention development and pilot clinical trial is to determine whether receiving the brief online intervention results in greater reductions in past 7-day e-cigarette use frequency and smoking susceptibility over an 8-week period compared to receiving the control condition in young adults who currently use e-cigarettes. Participants in the experimental condition will be asked to complete the 30-minute mobile-based program. Participants in the assessment-only control will be given the option to access the intervention after they complete their final survey at 8 weeks. All participants will complete our online surveys at baseline as well as 2-weeks, 4-weeks, and 8-weeks post-randomization. Researchers will compare outcomes among the intervention and control groups to determine the efficacy of the intervention.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• be between the ages of 18 to 24
• be able to read English
• report vaping at least one day per week in the past month
• report no history of cigarette use at screening and baseline.

Exclusion criteria

• reporting severe mental health, illicit drug use, or alcohol use disorder
• currently receiving nicotine cessation services

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be asked to complete a 30-minute intervention that is accessible on a mobile device, delivered via a webpage, and personalized to their individual vaping behavior and beliefs (based on the baseline surveys). The intervention will contain personalized normative feedback (PNF), Motivational Enhancement (ME), and education. Participants will complete assessments at baseline as well as 2-weeks, 4-weeks, and 8-weeks post randomization.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Live Free From E-cigarettes

Waitlist Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will complete assessments at baseline as well as 2-weeks, 4-weeks, and 8-weeks post randomization. They will not receive the intervention during the active study phase, lasting 8 weeks. Participants will have the option to access the intervention once this active study phase is over.