Text Messaging for Smoking Cessation in College Health Clinics

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cigarette Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: Text messaging; Drug: Nicotine patch; Behavioral: Smoking counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02191033

1404013813

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a randomized-controlled clinical trial which evaluates the efficacy of physician brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy and a 6-week course of text messaging in promoting cigarette smoking in smokers enrolled in college.

The primary hypothesis is that smokers receiving physician brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy, and text messaging will have higher quit rates that smokers receiving physician brief advice and nicotine replacement therapy alone.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 18 through 24 years
• Enrolled as a full/part time college student
• A current smoker (Have smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or some days)
• English-speaking
• Interested in quitting
• Have a cell phone for personal use with an unlimited text messaging plan.

Exclusion criteria

• History of hypersensitivity/allergy to nicotine patch;
• Serious arrhythmias - History of heart disease (myocardial infarction, severe chest pain, or coronary artery disease)
• Current pregnancy/breastfeeding/plan for pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Text messaging

Experimental group

Description:

Smoking counseling, nicotine patch, text messaging

Treatment:

Behavioral: Text messaging

Behavioral: Smoking counseling

Drug: Nicotine patch

Standard of care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Smoking counseling, nicotine patch

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smoking counseling

Drug: Nicotine patch