NCT03519451

Use of a Smartphone Mobile Application (App) to Enhance Smoking Cessation Treatment

Use of a Smartphone Mobile Application (App) to Enhance Smoking Cessation Treatment - A Pilot Study

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (estimated)
• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This trial studies how well smartphone mobile applications work in enhancing smoking cessation treatment in current smokers. Smartphone mobile applications may help current smokers quit smoking.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To test the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a smartphone health application (app), Kick Ash, which will incorporate brief behavioral activation versus (vs.) a relaxation app, Breathe2Relax in a small randomized controlled trial of smokers with elevated depressive symptoms. OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 groups. GROUP I: Participants receive KickAsh smartphone mobile application designed to help the learning of relaxation skills over 8 weeks. GROUP II: Participants receive Breathe2Relax smartphone mobile application designed to help improve mood and increase level of enjoyable activities over 8 weeks.

Conditions

• Depression
• Tobacco Use Disorder
• Current Every Day Smoker

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Internet-Based Intervention	Given KickAsh smartphone mobile application
OTHER	Internet-Based Intervention	Given Breathe2Relax smartphone mobile application
OTHER	Questionnaire Administration	Ancillary studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-25
• Primary completion: 2026-12-31
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2018-05-09
• Last updated: 2026-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study