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NCT Number: NCT00680615

An Internet-Based Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Program for Teens

To compare the efficacy of a targeted, tailored, and highly interactive smokeless tobacco cessation website to a website with more static information that is similar to websites that can be found through a typical Internet search.

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Key information

Conditions

Smokeless Tobacco Use Behavior Tobacco Use

Age range

14 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Oregon Research Institute

Eugene, Oregon, 97403, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 14-25 years of age
  • Have access to the Internet
  • Currently using smokeless tobacco products
  • Currently contemplating quitting all tobacco products
  • Able to read and write English; and
  • Willing to share phone number, e-mail, and mailing address with the research project

Treatment and study plan

Tailored, enhanced condition

Behavioral

Intervention will provide a personalized, interactive tobacco cessation Web application, based on existing empirically validated smokeless tobacco cessation programs.

Usual Care

Behavioral

The Usual Care condition will provide access to typical smokeless tobacco cessation information and links to commonly available Web-based smokeless tobacco cessation resources.

Primary outcomes

  1. Abstinence from all tobacco

    Time frame: 3 months and 6 months

  2. Abstinence from smokeless tobacco

    Time frame: 3 months and 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the relative effectiveness of the two programs on secondary outcomes, including reduction in smokeless tobacco use, number of quit attempts, and confidence in quitting.

    Time frame: 3 months and 6 months

  2. Identify participant characteristics, including demographic characteristics, initial smokeless tobacco use and dependence, and patterns of program use that predict treatment outcomes.

    Time frame: 3 months and 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Oregon Research Institute

Other

Registry information

Official study title

QuitSpit: An Internet-Based Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Program for Teens

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
May 20, 2008
Registry last updated
Sep 5, 2012

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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