PASCAL Feasibility Study
Status
Not yet enrolling
Conditions
Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction
Smoking Cessation
Treatments
Other: no chatbot
Other: chatbot
Study type
Interventional
Funder types
Other
NIH
Identifiers
Details and patient eligibility
About
The goal of this randomized study is to assess if a conversational agent (or chatbot) that the investigators have developed to help with quitting smoking is acceptable to people trying to quit smoking and to also collect initial information regarding its effectiveness.
In this study, some participants trying to quit smoking will be provided with this chatbot while other participants will not be
Enrollment
120 estimated patients
Sex
All
Ages
21+ years old
Volunteers
No Healthy Volunteers
Inclusion criteria
- Identify as Black or African American
- Be at least 21 years of age
- Meet a minimum smoking amount
- Be willing to make a quit attempt in the next 30 days
- Have a smartphone capable of downloading and running the study app
- Be able to upload data from the app
- Agree to receive text message reminders about study activities
- Be a native English speaker
- Reside in Minnesota.
Exclusion criteria
- Medicinal nicotine use would require careful monitoring by a healthcare professional
- Medical condition or medication used likely to significantly interfere with study outcomes or to be significantly affected by changes in smoking behavior
- Are pregnant or breastfeeding
Trial design
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Interventional model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open label)
120 participants in 2 patient groups
chatbot assisted smoking trigger management
Experimental group
Treatment:
Other: chatbot
control group
Active Comparator group
Treatment:
Other: no chatbot
Trial contacts and locations
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Central trial contact
Sheena Study Coordinator
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