- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04805515
Impact of Nicotine Messaging on Nicotine Beliefs and Tobacco Use Behavior
November 15, 2022 updated by: Andrea Villanti, University of Vermont
This is a 2-arm, randomized controlled, population based trial to test the impact of multiple exposures to brief nicotine corrective messages among adult tobacco cigarette smokers and non-smokers followed in waves over 12 weeks.
The primary outcome, assessed at wave 1 (baseline), wave 2 (weeks 5-6), and wave 4 (weeks 11-13) is nicotine beliefs.
Secondary outcomes assessed at the same time points include intention to use nicotine/tobacco products and nicotine/tobacco use.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
This is a 2-arm, randomized controlled, population based trial to test the impact of multiple exposures to brief nicotine corrective messages among adult tobacco cigarette smokers and non-smokers followed for 12 weeks.
The primary outcome, assessed at wave 1 (baseline), wave 2 (weeks 5-6), and wave 4 (weeks 11-13) is nicotine beliefs.
Secondary outcomes assessed at the same time points include intention to use nicotine/tobacco products and nicotine/tobacco use.
All participants will be recruited from a US national consumer research panel.
Eligible participants will be U.S. adults ages 18+ who are enrolled members of the partnering consumer research panel.
The sample will include non-smokers and smokers, oversampling current smokers (defined as smoking 100+ lifetime cigarettes and now smoking all or some days) to ensure the proportion of smokers in the sample reflects the ~15 % population smoking prevalence among adults.
Panel members will be contacted by email with a brief study description and link to an eligibility screener and online informed consent form.
Eligible and interested participants will complete the baseline (Wave 1) survey measures of nicotine beliefs and intentions/use of nicotine and tobacco products, after which they will be randomly assigned in equal numbers to the nicotine corrective message (NCM) intervention condition or the delayed message control condition.
After completing the baseline survey, participants in the NCM condition will receive their first exposure to the corrective messages.
In the Wave 2 survey, all participants will complete measures of nicotine beliefs and intentions/use of nicotine and tobacco products.
Participants in the NCM condition will then receive their second exposure to study messages.
Only participants in the NCM condition will receive the Wave 3 survey, which involves the third exposure to study messages.
The Wave 4 survey will include the fourth exposure to study messages for those in the NCM condition and the final assessment of nicotine beliefs and intentions/use of nicotine and tobacco products for all participants.
Upon completion of the final assessment, participants in the control condition will be exposed to the nicotine corrective messages and all participants will be directed to resources on quitting smoking.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
794
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
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Vermont
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Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05405
- University of Vermont
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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
Inclusion Criteria:
- US resident age 18+
- Member of the partnering consumer research panel conducting the survey
- Non-smokers and tobacco cigarette smokers
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age less than 18
- Not a member of the partnering consumer research panel conducting the study
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
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: NONE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: Nicotine Corrective Messages
Participants in the nicotine corrective messages condition will receive 8 brief nicotine corrective public education messages delivered online during 4 waves of the 12 week study.
The messages will communicate misperceptions about nicotine's role in health harms as well as misperceptions that reduced nicotine content cigarettes are less harmful than tobacco cigarettes and that e-cigarettes contain less nicotine than tobacco cigarettes.
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Messages communicating misperceptions of nicotine's role in health harms as well as misperceptions about reduced nicotine content cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
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NO_INTERVENTION: Delayed Message Control
Participants in the control condition will be exposed to the nicotine corrective messages after the completion of the final assessment at the end of the 12 week study.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Nicotine Beliefs
Time Frame: Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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3 items assessing nicotine false beliefs (range 3-11), 6 items assessing nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) false beliefs (range 4-20), 4 items assessing e-cigarette false beliefs (range 2-14), 11 items assessing reduced nicotine content (RNC) cigarette false beliefs (range 14-45), and two items assessing beliefs about additive-free and organic tobacco products.
Higher scale scores indicate a higher number of false beliefs.
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Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Intention to Use Nicotine/Tobacco Products
Time Frame: Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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Four items assessing intention to use tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes, NRT, and RNC cigarettes during the next 12 months.
Adapted from PhenX Toolkit- Susceptibility to Tobacco Products, response options Definitely Yes; Probably Yes; Probably Not; Definitely Not.
Outcomes reported for participants reporting Definitely Yes or Probably Yes to each item.
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Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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Tobacco Use
Time Frame: Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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Number of days used tobacco in the past 30 days.
Days used summed across eight different nicotine/tobacco products (e.g., tobacco cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, NRT, RNC cigarettes).
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Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Attitudes About Nicotine
Time Frame: Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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Three items on nicotine-related attitudes using semantic differentials across five-point Likert scales.
'Using Nicotine is:' Safe (1) - Dangerous (5); Positive (1) - Negative (5); Good (1) - Bad (5).
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Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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Nicotine Related Norms
Time Frame: Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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Two items: "How would you describe most people's opinion of using nicotine?"
and "Thinking about the people who are important to you, how would you describe their opinion on using nicotine?"
with five-point Likert scale responses ranging from "very negative" (1) to "very positive" (5).
Higher scores indicate positive norms of using nicotine.
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Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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Behavioral Control
Time Frame: Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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One item assessing confidence to resist smoking cigarettes when others are smoking (1=not at all confident to 4=very confident).
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Wave 4 (weeks 11-13)
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Andrea C Villanti, PhD, MPH, University of Vermont
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)
February 12, 2021
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
May 31, 2021
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
May 31, 2021
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
February 11, 2021
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
March 17, 2021
First Posted (ACTUAL)
March 18, 2021
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
December 2, 2022
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 15, 2022
Last Verified
November 1, 2022
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Mental Disorders
- Chemically-Induced Disorders
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Tobacco Use Disorder
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Autonomic Agents
- Peripheral Nervous System Agents
- Cholinergic Agents
- Ganglionic Stimulants
- Nicotinic Agonists
- Cholinergic Agonists
- Nicotine
Other Study ID Numbers
- 00001374
- R01DA051001 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
YES
IPD Plan Description
De-identified participant data from study surveys will be made available upon request and according to access criteria after completion of the study and publication of primary findings.
IPD Sharing Time Frame
After completion of the study and publication of the primary findings, for a period up to 2 years.
IPD Sharing Access Criteria
A data sharing agreement will be required for release of any data.
Individuals requesting a copy of study data will need to submit a detailed research plan that includes the purpose of the proposed research, the variables required, the duration of the analysis phase, IRB approval with FWA information, investigator training in human subjects and other approvals specific to the individual datasets.
They will also be required to submit a Data Protection Plan or Institutional Privacy Policy, describing the computing environment in which data will be managed and analyzed and how physical access to computing equipment will be controlled.
Data will only be released once all IRB approvals and Human Subjects concerns have been addressed.
The PI (A.
Villanti) will be required to participate as an investigator on any project requiring data sharing.
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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