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NCT Number: NCT02191033

Text Messaging for Smoking Cessation in College Health Clinics

This study is a randomized-controlled clinical trial which evaluates the efficacy of physician brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy and a 6-week course of text messaging in promoting cigarette smoking in smokers enrolled in college.

The primary hypothesis is that smokers receiving physician brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy, and text messaging will have higher quit rates that smokers receiving physician brief advice and nicotine replacement therapy alone.

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Key information

Conditions

Cigarette Smoking Behavior Smoking Tobacco Smoking Tobacco Use

Age range

18 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, Connecticut, 06515, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 18 through 24 years
  • Enrolled as a full/part time college student
  • A current smoker (Have smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or some days)
  • English-speaking
  • Interested in quitting
  • Have a cell phone for personal use with an unlimited text messaging plan.

Exclusion criteria

  • History of hypersensitivity/allergy to nicotine patch;
  • Serious arrhythmias - History of heart disease (myocardial infarction, severe chest pain, or coronary artery disease)
  • Current pregnancy/breastfeeding/plan for pregnancy

Treatment and study plan

Smoking counseling

Behavioral

Text messaging

Behavioral

Nicotine patch

Drug

Primary outcomes

  1. Study Enrollment- Number of Participants Who Join the Study

    Time frame: baseline

    We will report the number of persons who join the study.

  2. Study Retention- Number of Participants Who Attend the 6- and 12-week Follow up Visits.

    Time frame: 6- and 12- weeks

    We will determine the number of enrolled participants who follow up at the 6- and 12- week follow up visit.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Smoking Abstinence

    Time frame: 6- and 12- weeks

    biochemically confirmed point prevalence of self reported past 7-day abstinence

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yale University

Other

Collaborators

  • Southern Connecticut State University
  • University of New Haven

Registry information

Official study title

Text Messaging to Augment Physician Brief Advice for Smoking Cessation in College Health Clinics

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Jul 15, 2014
Registry last updated
Apr 1, 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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