App for Reducing Cravings to Smoke

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 2

Conditions: Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: Quitline Services and Smartphone App; Behavioral: Quitline Services; Behavioral: Updating Existing Smartphone App

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06088498

R01DA055298 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

MCC-21980 Aim 2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall goal of the study is to assess the efficacy of using cue exposure delivered via a smartphone application as an adjunct to Tobacco Quitline treatment to improve smoking abstinence.

Full description

The aims of the study are: (1) to update a recently developed study-related smartphone application to reduce cravings to smoke to be an engaging, user-friendly treatment tool, and verify user satisfaction; and (2) to test in a randomized controlled trial the efficacy of the app as an adjunct to quitline smoking cessation treatment in improving smoking abstinence compared to the quitline only.

Enrollment: 3,600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >18 years of age
• Daily smokers that have quit smoking within the past 3 months (Aim 1) or currently smoking ≥ 3 cigarettes per day for the past year (Aim 2)
• Functioning telephone number
• Owns a smart phone capable of supporting AR and willing to download the app
• Can speak, read and write in English

Exclusion criteria

• Has another household member already enrolled in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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3,600 participants in 3 patient groups

Aim 1: Update an existing smartphone App

Experimental group

Description:

An existing study app will be updated to be engaging, user-friendly treatment tool, and verify user satisfaction.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Quitline Services and Smartphone App

Aim 2: Quit Line Only

Experimental group

Description:

Participants randomized to this arm will receive usual care for smoking cessation via the quitline and a smartphone app that will allow them to track smoking urges and abstinence.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Quitline Services

Aim 2:Quitline plus smartphone App

Experimental group

Description:

Participants randomized to this arm will receive usual care for smoking cessation via the quitline and a smartphone app that will allow them to track smoking urges and abstinence. After 48 hours of self-reported abstinence, they will be exposed to smoking extinction trials through the study smartphone app.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Updating Existing Smartphone App

Behavioral: Quitline Services

Behavioral: Quitline Services and Smartphone App