Smokefree.Gov Website in Helping United States Federal Employees Quit Smoking

April 30, 2015 updated by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Evaluation of the Impact of a Bulletin Board on a Web-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention

RATIONALE: Stop-smoking information on the smokefree.gov website may help people quit smoking and remain a nonsmoker.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well the smokefree.gov website works with an electronic bulletin board in helping United States federal employees quit smoking.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the perception of utility of the current, publicly accessible version of the smokefree.gov website and the addition of an electronic bulletin board and its features, including open-ended comments, in promoting smoking cessation among United States federal employees who are currently smokers.
  • Determine the use of this tool, in terms of average length of time spent on the website, number of page clicks, most popular page clicks, and key interest areas, among these participants.
  • Determine the changes in smoking habits, in terms of smoking reduction and short- and long-term abstinence, among these participants.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label study.

Participants are encouraged to use the smokefree.gov website as frequently as needed for support and resources while trying to quit smoking and become, and remain, nonsmokers. Participants are invited to provide feedback on the usefulness of self-help guidelines and several other tools. Participants complete questionnaires evaluating the website at study entry and at 1, 3, and 6 months after study entry.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 4,200 participants will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • Rockville, Maryland, United States, 20852
        • Tobacco Control Research Branch

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Currently smokes > 1 cigarette daily by self reporting
  • Planning to quit smoking in the next 90 days by self reporting
  • Must be a federal employee or federally employed

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Performance status

  • Not specified

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Not specified

Hepatic

  • Not specified

Renal

  • Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Any prior or concurrent therapy allowed

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Abstinence for 7 consecutive days and 24 hours at 1, 3, and 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Visits to the website after registration at 1, 3, and 6 months
Satisfaction with the website at 1, 3, and 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jacqueline Stoddard, PhD, MA, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2005

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 25, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 25, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

October 27, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 1, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 30, 2015

Last Verified

April 1, 2006

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000450773
  • TCRB-OHSR-2765

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