mHealth for Smoking Cessation in Public Housing

November 4, 2022 updated by: Lorien Abroms, George Washington University

Smoking rates among public housing residents are more than twice as high as in the general population. In August 2018, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) required all public housing in the U.S. to become smoke-free. While HUD recommended that Public Housing Authorities provide smoking cessations services, at present, the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) does not offer any cessation services to its residents. Low-income smokers face unique challenges to smoking cessation and require sustained support for smoking cessation. Digital interventions such as text messaging programs and quitline (QL) phone counseling are scalable, evidence-based interventions for smoking cessation that can provide support over an extended timeframe at low cost.

The aim of this proposed research is to conduct a feasibility trial to assess the acceptability, levels of engagement, and preliminary efficacy of an integrated program that combines text-messaging for smoking cessation and text messages providing proactive linkage to the quitline compared to a single passive quitline text message referral among DCHA residents. The investigators hypothesize that the integrated program (combining text messages for smoking cessation and proactive quitline linkage) will yield significantly higher rates of quit attempts than passive quitline referral only.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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
    • District of Columbia
      • Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20052
        • George Washington University

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:

  • 18 years or older
  • resident of D.C. public housing
  • smoked a cigarette in the 7 days prior to screening (self-report)
  • has daily access to a working cell phone with an unlimited text message plan

Exclusion Criteria:

-

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: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Smoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages
Text messaging for smoking cessation + text messages with proactive linkage to quitline
Behavioral: Smoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages
Smoking cessation text messages will provide behavioral skills and support for quitting smoking. Quitline linkage text messages will include contact information for the quitline, option to be contacted by the quitline and active referral to the quitline upon setting a Quit Date.
Placebo Comparator: Passive quitline referral
Single text message with contact information for the Quitline
Behavioral: Passive quitline referral
Single text message with contact information for the Quitline

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Proportion of participants making a quit attempt
Time Frame: 3 months
not smoking for 24 hours or more because trying to quit smoking
3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Proportion of participants who quit smoking
Time Frame: 3 months
self reported 7 day point prevalence abstinence
3 months
Number of cigarettes smoked per day
Time Frame: 3 months
change in number of cigarettes smoked per day between baseline and follow-up
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

George Washington University

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 (Actual)

October 26, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 30, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

July 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 1, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 1, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

December 8, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 8, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 4, 2022

Last Verified

November 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NCR191457

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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