Pro-Change Smoking Cessation Intervention

VAL Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Motivation; Tobacco Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Other: Minimal incentives; Behavioral: Behavioral economics incentives

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02299076

5R44AG044872-03 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a behavioral economics solution impacts smoking cessation program engagement and quit rates.

Full description

The behavioral economics solution is a weekly regret contest in which participants can win or miss out on money based on their behavior.

Enrollment: 422 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be current tobacco users (specifically smokers)
• Be 18 years old or over

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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422 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual care with minimal incentives

Other group

Description:

Participants in this arm receive usual care from the Pro-Change smoking cessation program, and receive compensation for enrolling and completing a survey at the end of the study.

Treatment:

Other: Minimal incentives

Usual care with BE incentives

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm receive usual care from the Pro-Change smoking cessation program, the chance to win money based on their behavior (behavioral economics incentives), and receive compensation for enrolling and completing a survey at the end of the study.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behavioral economics incentives