Innovative Smartphone Application of a New Behavioral Method to Quit Smoking: Pilot Trial (Smart Quit)

March 4, 2015 updated by: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Innovative Smartphone Application of a New Behavioral Method to Quit Smoking: Pilot Randomized Trial

This innovative study will compare a newly developed smartphone application for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to a smartphone application for traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study matches these National Cancer Institute (NCI) research funding priorities: (1) increasing the dissemination of smoking cessation treatments and (2) new treatment approaches to boost the effectiveness of cessation interventions.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

196

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
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
        • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • age 18 or older
  • smokes at least five cigarettes daily for at least past 12 months
  • wants to quit in the next 30 days
  • interested in learning skills to quit smoking
  • willing to be randomly assigned to either smartphone application
  • resides in US
  • has at least daily access to their own personal Apple iPhone 4, 4s, or 5
  • knows how to login and download a smartphone application from Apple's "App Store" Store
  • willing and able to read in English
  • not participating in other smoking cessation interventions (including our other intervention studies)
  • has never used the NCI's Quit Guide smartphone application.]
  • willing to complete one follow-up survey
  • provide email, phone, and mailing address.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The exclusion criteria are the opposite of the inclusion criteria above.

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Behavioral: CBT
Other Names:
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Experimental: ACT
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Behavioral: ACT
Other Names:
  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
7-day and 24-hour point prevalence quit rates
Time Frame: 2 months post randomization
2 months post randomization

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Collaborators

University of Washington

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

March 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 13, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 14, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

March 15, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 6, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 4, 2015

Last Verified

March 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 7957

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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