Randomized Trial of Web-Delivered Acceptance Therapy for Smoking Cessation (WebQuit)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: CBT; Behavioral: ACT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01812278

NCI-2019-06975 (Registry Identifier)

R01CA166646 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

7859

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to determine whether the ACT website provides higher quit rates than a current standard smoking cessation website.

Enrollment: 2,637 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18 or older
• smokes at least five cigarettes daily for at least past 12 months
• wants to quit in next 30 days
• willing to be randomly assigned to either group
• resides in US
• has at least weekly access to a high speed Internet connection and email
• willing and able to read in English
• not participating in other smoking cessation interventions (including our other intervention studies
• has never used the Smokefree.gov website
• willing to complete all three follow-up surveys
• provide email, phone, and mailing address
• provide contact information for two collaterals (e.g., relatives).
• does not have family, friends, or other household members participating

Exclusion criteria

• The exclusion criteria are the opposite of the inclusion criteria above.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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2,637 participants in 2 patient groups

ACT

Experimental group

Description:

Acceptance \& Commitment Therapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: ACT

CBT

Active Comparator group

Description:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: CBT