Flexiquit+: Web Program to Promote Smoking Cessation in Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adult Smokers (EQQUAL)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC)

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 1

Conditions

Tobacco Use Disorder

Treatments

Other: Questionnaire Administration

Other: Survey Administration

Other: Handout

Other: Text Message

Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment

Behavioral: Computer-Assisted Smoking Cessation Intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT04194918

RG1004771

P30CA015704 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

NCI-2019-08031 (Registry Identifier)

10396 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This phase I trial studies how well Flexiquit+ helps young adult smokers who identify as a sexual and/or gender minority to quit or cut down on smoking. Flexiquit+ is an avatar-led, web-based intervention that can help smokers quit or cut back on how much they smoke cigarettes and/or vape, reducing their chances of developing tobacco-related health conditions.

Full description

OUTLINE:

Individuals will be recruited to use the Flexiquit+ program consisting of 6 sessions, each lasting approximately 25 minutes. Participants will also receive text messages providing motivational messages and review information discussed in the program. At the end of the intervention, participants will receive an email with all of the session handouts.

Participants are followed up with at 2 months.

Enrollment

25 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 30 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants must self-identify as a sexual and/or gender minority (i.e., a sexual orientation other than straight and/or gender that doesn't match sex assigned at birth)
Participants must currently reside in the United States and anticipate remaining in the United States for the duration of the study (2 months)
Participants must self-report smoking at least 1 cigarette per day in the 30 days prior to screening
Participants must self-report having at least weekly internet access for the next two months
Participants must self-report being willing and able to stream video online for this study
Participants must self-report current use of a personal email account
Participants must self-report current use of text messaging
Participants must self-report that they are interested in participating in the study for themselves (versus [vs] someone else)
Participants must self-report that they are not currently taking part in any other smoking cessation treatment such as the nicotine patch, nicotine gum, Zyban, in-person counseling, telephone counseling, using a web-based or app-based cessation program
Participants must self-report that they have not participated in one of our prior smoking cessation studies, including the user-centered research conducted in the development of Flexiquit+
Participants must self-report that they are comfortable reading, writing, and speaking English
Participants must self-report that they understand and agree to the conditions of compensation
Participants must self-report that they are not currently incarcerated in a prison
Participants must be willing to use the Flexiquit+ program, complete the study assessments, and sign an online consent form