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NCT Number: NCT01967082

APPSPIRE App in Preventing Students From Smoking

This trial studies how well APPSPIRE, a smartphone app, works in preventing students from smoking. Technology-driven intervention programs, such as the APPSPIRE app, have the potential to increase access to health behavior treatments and therapies, such as tobacco cessation support, and provide effective prevention messaging.

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Key information

Conditions

Cigarette Smoker Current Every Day Smoker Student

Age range

18 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Houston Community College, Houston, Texas, United States

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About this study

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Develop a prototype of the APPSPIRE (phone application [app] of a smoking prevention interactive experience).

II. At post assessment, students enrolled in the study will qualitatively provide information about the usability and usefulness for the prevention and cessation sites.

III. Investigate frequency of use of and exposure to APPSPIRE modules via an objective measure of general use.

IV. Investigate how feasible the program will be. V. Obtain a maintained use of APPSPIRE with high completeness and extent of completion.

VI. Evaluate change in stage of change from baseline to about 1 and 4-month follow-ups among participants.

OUTLINE:

Participants attend an audio-taped focus group over 1 hour and are given the APPSPIRE app. After 1 and 4 months of using the app, participants complete a telephone survey over 1 hour to discuss how they liked the app and its usefulness.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Student at Houston Community College (HCC)
  • Speak and read English
  • Own an iPhone
  • Be enrolled in at least one class at HCC
  • Provide current contact information
  • Smoke 1 or more cigarettes a day (cessation group)
  • Have access to the internet (cessation and prevention/advocacy groups)
  • Evidence of smoking susceptibility as defined by the Smoking Susceptibility Scale

Exclusion criteria

  • Does not plan to continue as a student at their campus sometime during the year of the study (cessation and prevention/advocacy groups)
  • Current tobacco use (prevention/advocacy group)

Treatment and study plan

APPSPIRE

Behavioral

Given APPSPIRE app

Other names: APPSPIRE Smartphone Application; APPSPIRE Smartphone App; APPSPIRE App; APPSPIRE Application

Focus Group

Behavioral

Attend focus group

Survey Administration

Other

Complete survey

Primary outcomes

  1. Frequency of APPSPIRE application (app) use

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

    Will be measured in minutes per day and with descriptive statistics. Will measure using mean, median and standard deviation for continuous variables.

  2. The Feasibility of the tobacco control program.

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

    Feasibly will be measured by multiplying the variable of two concepts: ease of use and ability to fit the program into routine schedules.

  3. The Completeness with the Percentages of Participants surveyed.

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

    Completeness will be measured as the percentage of participants who continue to use AppSPIRE until the 4 month follow up survey.

  4. The extent of completion for the modules AppSPIRE.

    Time frame: Up to 4 months

    The extent of completion includes the various modules of AppSPIRE. High extent of completion is obtained if 75% of the participants have completed all modules of AppSPIRE.

  5. The Stages of the Change Scale

    Time frame: Baseline up to 4 months

    A validated measure, The Stages of Change Scale, will be used to clarify smokers into 3 categories: pre-contemplation, contemplation and preparation.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Other

Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Registry information

Official study title

APPSPIRE: Expanding the Reach of an Innovative Tobacco Control Program for Youth

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Oct 22, 2013
Registry last updated
Jan 14, 2020

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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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