NCT06470776

Chatbot Counselling for Smoking Cessation in Youths

Development of a Chatbot for Smoking Cessation Counselling for Youth Smokers Enrolled in the Youth Quitline: a Pilot Randomised Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 154 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this pilot trial is to develop and examine the trial feasibility and acceptability of a chatbot for smoking cessation in youth smokers. Specific aims include: 1. To assess how many youth smokers accept the invitation to participate in the trial 2. To assess the retention of the participants through 6 months after treatment initiation 3. To assess the acceptability of the chatbot in terms of participants' compliance and usability rating of the chatbot. 4. To estimate the intervention effect on abstinence outcomes 5. To explore the participants' perception and experiences in the chatbot

Conditions

• Tobacco Use
• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Chatbot counselling	Access to a chatbot that provides smoking cessation counselling based on the 5A's (Ask, Advice, Assess, Assist, Arrange follow-up) and 5R's (Risk, Relevance, Rewards, Relevance, Roadblocks, Repetition) tobacco intervention models from baseline to 3-month post-baseline.
BEHAVIORAL	Peer counselling	Usual treatment provided by the Youth Quitline, i.e., telephone counselling for smoking cessation based on the 5As and 5Rs models delivered by trained peer counsellors at baseline and 1 week, 1 month and 3 months post-baseline

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-07
• Primary completion: 2025-06-25
• Completion: 2025-06-25
• First posted: 2024-06-24
• Last updated: 2025-11-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong