Usefulness of Supportive SMS in Addition to an Internet Based Quit Smoking Program (Www.Slutta.no)

University of Tromso (UiT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking; Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Device: SMS craving function - UNN recruited; Device: SMS based coaching; Device: Internet-based behavioral coaching; Device: SMS coaching - UNN recruited

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01103427

TFP-743-08

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention delivered through a technological web based platform (www.slutta.no) with or without a supportive SMS function.

Full description

The study has two arms and are conducted in Norwegian. Users who registered with a new username on www.slutta.no, after study start May 12th 2010 and before November 1st 2012, are eligible. All phases of the trial, from randomization and informed consent procedures to data collection, are automated and conducted online. The following inclusion criteria are used: age 16 years or older, access to a mobile phone with a Norwegian phone number and they must submit an informed consent form.

Enrollment: 4,300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria (all arms):

• Aged 16 and older
• Current smoker: Willing to quit smoking within the next 12 weeks
• Former smokers; Having quit smoking within the previous six months
• Having a regular access to Internet
• Having a personal e-mail address
• Having a personal mobile cell phone with a Norwegian number
• Given informed consent
• Can read and understand Norwegian
• Reporting no association with the University Hospital of North Norway (arm1&2)
• Reporting an association with the University Hospital of North Norway (arm3&4)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Less than 16 years of age
• No personal e-mail address
• No personal mobile cell phone
• Not able to give the informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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4,300 participants in 4 patient groups

Internet-based coaching .

Active Comparator group

Description:

Arm 1. Those in the "active comparator arm" will benefit from automated internet-based coaching. The subjects will be recruited from the general population reporting not to be associated with the University Hospital of North Norway and randomized to arm 1 or 2.

Treatment:

Device: Internet-based behavioral coaching

SMS based coaching

Experimental group

Description:

Arm 2. The subjects will receive automated "coaching"by SMS.The subjects will be recruited from the general population reporting not to be associated with the University Hospital of North Norway and randomized to arm 1 or 2.

Treatment:

Device: SMS based coaching

SMS coaching UNN recruited

Experimental group

Description:

Arm 3.The subjects will be recruited from those reporting to be associated with the University Hospital of North Norway and randomized to arm 3 or 4.

Treatment:

Device: SMS coaching - UNN recruited

Craving/Panic function. UNN recruited

Experimental group

Description:

Arm 4. The subjects will in addition to the automated "coaching"by SMS get a SMS panic/craving function. The subjects will be recruited from subjects reporting to be associated with the University Hospital of North Norway and randomized to arm 3 or 4.

Treatment:

Device: SMS craving function - UNN recruited