Cigarette Reduction Using the Quitbit Digital Lighter and Mobile Application for Smoking Cessation: a Randomized Controlled Trial

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Gradual Cessation w/ Quitbit; Behavioral: Gradual Cessation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02515500

16-18722

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of a cigarette reduction intervention using a novel device called the Quitbit, a digital lighter paired with a smartphone mobile application, to enhance self-regulatory techniques for reducing cigarettes smoked per day toward cessation.

Enrollment: 124 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age
• cigarette smoker
• wanting to quit in the next 30 days
• preference to quit gradually (vs. abruptly) or having no preference
• access to an iPhone (iOS only)
• completion of a run-in period

Exclusion criteria

• no major change in number of cigarettes per day in the past month (+/- 20%)
• no major health diagnoses that could impact study attrition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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124 participants in 2 patient groups

Gradual Cessation

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Gradual Cessation

Gradual Cessation w/ Quitbit

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Gradual Cessation w/ Quitbit