LGBT Internet Based Smoking Treatment - 1

LGBT Internet Based Smoking Treatment

The overall goals of this line of research are to develop and evaluate innovative treatments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) cigarette smokers and to understand the processes related to smoking and relapse in this previously unstudied population of smokers. In this study, participants are randomly assigned to one of two Internet-based smoking cessation treatments: 1) a self-help intervention tailored LGBT smokers plus social support plus email-based counseling, or 2) a standard self-help condition alone, similar to other general smoking cessation treatments. Before starting the program, participants will complete measures of smoking, nicotine dependence, depression diagnosis, demographics, mood, motivation to change, and alcohol use. Smoking status will be determined at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months following the start of treatment. Data will be analyzed to compare the quit rates of the two Internet-based treatment groups. Also, we will complete exploratory analyses to determine those variables that best predict quitting for LGBT smokers.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Tobacco Use Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Tobacco Use Disorder; Behavioral: Standard Web-based intervention

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 792
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • San Francisco, California, United States, 94143 0939
      • University of California San Francisco Medical Cen

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Must identify as a lesbian, gay male, bisexual male or female or a transgender individual. Must smoke most days during the preceding month. Must have a valid email address.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Targeted Internet Intervention; Web-based self help intervention developed to include specific cultural tailoring relevant to the LGBT community	Behavioral: Tobacco Use Disorder; Web-based psychoeducational intervention culturally-tailored to the LGBT community including a social support component
Active Comparator: Standard Intervention; Standard self-help internet-based intervention with no LGBT relevant information included	Behavioral: Standard Web-based intervention; General psychoeducational Web-based smoking cessation intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
point-prevalence abstinence from tobacco use	Self-report of smoking status during the past seven days.	7-day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
• Collaborators: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Gary Humfleet, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2002
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2009
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 20, 2005
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 20, 2005
• First Posted (Estimate): May 23, 2005

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): March 6, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 5, 2015
• Last Verified: March 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: smoking; tobacco
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Tobacco Use Disorder
• Other Study ID Numbers: NIDA-15791-1; R01DA015791 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); R01-15791-1