NCT02973425

Take a Break (TAB): mHealth-assisted Skills Building Challenge for Unmotivated Smokers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 433 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Take a Break (TAB) is a randomized trial designed to evaluate Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)-sampling and a mHealth suite of apps. TAB is a time-limited self-efficacy and skills building experience for Motivation Phase smokers. TAB is designed to create a timeline within which motivation smokers will be encouraged to try a brief period of abstinence. Smokers in this Motivation Phase are relatively untapped in research available information. This project offers these smokers point-of-need technology support in the many components of the intervention..

Detailed description

The Take a Break intervention is designed to increase self-efficacy and support new skills for Motivation Phase smokers. We hypothesize that, compared with the NRT-only group, the Take a Break group will have a greater number of days abstinent during the 'break' period, a greater increase in self-efficacy at the end of the 'break' period, a lower time to first quit attempt, and a higher rate of quit at 6 months. This research study will also provide valuable insight into this population of smokers and increase our understanding of which tools may be effective in helping them quit smoking Our Specific Aims are * AIM 1: Refine the Take a Break mHealth tool and implementation program. * AIM 2: Conduct a randomized trial of the effectiveness of Take a Break. * AIM 3: Follow participants in the AIM 2 randomized clinical trial for 6 months to evaluate time to quit attempts, number of quit attempts, and 6-month biochemically verified point prevalent cessation.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Take a Break as an augmentation to NRT-sampling in Motivation Phase	NRT sampling experience \& Suite of mHealth motivational tools and mini-games.
BEHAVIORAL	NRT and mHealth assessment tool without feedback	NRT and mHealth assessment tool without feedback

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-07
• Primary completion: 2020-07-31
• Completion: 2020-07-31
• First posted: 2016-11-25
• Last updated: 2022-08-11
• Results posted: 2022-08-11

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: United States