Quit4hlth: Enhancing Tobacco and Cancer Control Through Framed Text Messages

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: Gain-framed text messages; Behavioral: Standard care text messages

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03038542

Pro00044521

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates a text messaging intervention through a smokers' quitline. Smokers will either receive 30 weeks of tailored, gain-framed text messages or 30 weeks of tailored, standard care text messages, both combined with standard quitline treatment. We hypothesize that the gain-framed text message intervention will increase cessation rates at 30 weeks as compared to standard care text messages.

Enrollment: 600 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1. call the Quitline requesting assistance with quitting smoking, 2) be 18+ years old, 3) speak English, 4) have a verified New York address, and 5) opt into the standard Quitline texting protocol.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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600 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment Text Arm

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Gain-framed text messages

Standard Text Arm

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard care text messages