Use of a Smartphone Mobile Application (App) to Enhance Smoking Cessation Treatment

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Current Every Day Smoker; Tobacco Use Disorder; Depression

Treatments: Other: Internet-Based Intervention; Other: Questionnaire Administration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03519451

R43CA206682 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

NCI-2018-01158 (Registry Identifier)

2017-0720 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This trial studies how well smartphone mobile applications work in enhancing smoking cessation treatment in current smokers. Smartphone mobile applications may help current smokers quit smoking.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To test the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a smartphone health application (app), Kick Ash, which will incorporate brief behavioral activation versus (vs.) a relaxation app, Breathe2Relax in a small randomized controlled trial of smokers with elevated depressive symptoms.

OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 groups.

GROUP I: Participants receive KickAsh smartphone mobile application designed to help the learning of relaxation skills over 8 weeks.

GROUP II: Participants receive Breathe2Relax smartphone mobile application designed to help improve mood and increase level of enjoyable activities over 8 weeks.

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• MD Anderson patient between the ages of 18 to 65
• Current smoker (i.e., at least 1 cigarette or e-cigarette per day)
• Smoking for at least one year
• Willing to set a quit date in the next 30 days
• Not engaged in smoking cessation treatment other than the MDACC Tobacco Treatment Program
• Currently elevated depressive symptoms or a history of elevated depressive symptoms; (PHQ 2 = or > 1); current or past
• English speaking and ability to read and comprehend English
• Currently own an iOS mobile phone or tablet (iPhone; iPad) using iOS 9.0 or later and reports regular use (at least weekly) of at least 1 iOS app

Exclusion criteria

• Any medical or psychiatric condition, illness, disorder, or concomitant medication that could compromise participant safety or treatment, as determined by the Principal Investigator or Collaborator
• Subject considered by the investigator an unsuitable candidate for receipt of a smoking cessation treatment or unstable to be followed up throughout the entire duration of the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Group I (KickAsh smartphone mobile application)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive KickAsh smartphone mobile application designed to help the learning of relaxation skills over 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire Administration

Other: Internet-Based Intervention

Other: Internet-Based Intervention

Group II (Breathe2Relax smartphone mobile application)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive Breathe2Relax smartphone mobile application designed to help improve mood and increase level of enjoyable activities over 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire Administration

Other: Internet-Based Intervention

Other: Internet-Based Intervention