Texting to Promote Tobacco Abstinence in Emergency Department Smokers: A Pilot Study

Yale University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Tobacco Abstinence; Smoking

Treatments: Other: Smokefree TXT Program; Drug: Nicotine Replacement Gum; Drug: nicotine replacement patches; Behavioral: Faxed Referral CT Smokers Quitline

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02081144

R01CA141479 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

1401013302

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a pilot study to test the feasibility of conducting a text based smoking cessation trial with Emergency Department patients who are smokers.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• have smoked >= 100 cigarettes lifetime
• describe themselves as every or some day smokers
• are able to give written informed consent
• reside in Connecticut
• own a cell phone with texting capability.

Exclusion criteria

• inability to read or understand English
• currently receiving formal tobacco dependence treatment
• current use of tobacco cessation products (patch, gum, inhaler, nasal spray, lozenge, e-cigarette)
• currently using Zyban (bupropion), Wellbutrin (bupropion) or Chantix (varenicline) for smoking cessation
• current suicide or homicide risk
• current psychotic disorder
• life-threatening or unstable medical or psychiatric condition
• does not have phone with CT area code and with texting capability
• lacks capacity to give informed consent
• leaving the ED against medical advice
• pregnant, nursing, or trying to conceive
• incarcerated
• resides in an extended care facility

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Condition

No Intervention group

Description:

Control or Standard Care condition. No intervention will be provided.

Texting + NRT Condition

Experimental group

Description:

Enrollment in NCI's Smokefree TXT Program 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Patches 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Gum Faxed Referral CT Smokers Quitline

Treatment:

Drug: nicotine replacement patches

Other: Smokefree TXT Program

Behavioral: Faxed Referral CT Smokers Quitline

Drug: Nicotine Replacement Gum