SmokefreeSGM, A Text-based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Groups

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: SmokefreeSGM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05029362

1K22CA237639 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

HSC-SPH-20-0318 (aim 2)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to pretest the design of a text-based smoking cessation program tailored to sexual minority individuals.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Smoke five or more cigarettes per day, has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and smokes everyday
• Have an interest in quitting smoking in the next 15 days
• Have a cellphone number with an unlimited short messaging service (SMS) plan
• Have US mailing and email addresses
• Positive cotinine saliva test results

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals who are found to have a prepaid cell phone
• Individuals who are found to have a cellphone number that does not work or is registered to someone else
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women
• Contraindication for nicotine patch
• Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes
• Current use of tobacco cessation medications
• Enrolled in another smoking cessation study
• Non-English speakers
• Having inadequate equipment/device (webcam, speakers, mic) for participating in telehealth sessions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18 participants in 1 patient group

Beta testing group

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: SmokefreeSGM