NCT04502524

Website Smoking Cessation Intervention for the Promotion of Smoking Cessation in Low-Income Veterans

A Scalable e-Health Smoking Cessation Intervention for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Veterans

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 53 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This phase I trial studies how well a new electronic (e)-health smoking cessation program (called Vet Flexiquit) works in promoting smoking cessation in low-income veterans who may or may not be ready to quit smoking. The study will compare the new website smoking cessation program to the current standard care website smoking cessation program offered by the Veterans Administration (VA). Both website interventions will be accompanied by a text messaging program that includes: (1) motivational messages, and (2) reminders to use the assigned program. Both of the website interventions can help smokers quit or cut back on how much they smoke, thus dramatically reducing their chances of developing tobacco-related health conditions.

Detailed description

OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Participants use the new website smoking cessation program, which provides values driven, mindfulness based coping skills and utilizes non-judgmental acceptance of uncomfortable internal states like cravings. Participants also receive text messages consisting of motivational messages and reminders to use the program. At the end of the program, participants receive an email with handouts and available resources provided by the VA for continued support for smoking cessation. ARM II: Participants use the VA standard of care website, which provides educational materials about cessation treatments, tools to cope with urges and relapse, how to stay motivated, and brief tips on coping with physical and mental health problems. Participants also receive text messages consisting of motivational messages and reminders to use the program. At the end of the program, participants receive an email with a handout of available resources provided by the VA for continued support for smoking cessation. After study randomization, participants are followed up at 1 and 3 months.

Conditions

• Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Smoking Cessation Intervention (New website)	Complete the new website smoking cessation program
BEHAVIORAL	Smoking Cessation Intervention (Standard of care website)	Complete the standard of care website smoking cessation intervention
BEHAVIORAL	Health Education	Receive information about the cost of smoking, benefits of quitting, ways to prepare for quitting, ways to handle triggers and withdrawal symptoms, and available medications to help with quitting. And will receive additional resources available at the VA handout via email at the end of the study.
OTHER	Health Promotion and Education	Receive motivational and reminder text messages
OTHER	Questionnaire Administration	Ancillary studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-03
• Primary completion: 2022-01-28
• Completion: 2022-01-28
• First posted: 2020-08-06
• Last updated: 2023-04-07
• Results posted: 2023-04-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States