Text Message Quit Vaping Intervention for Adolescents

This research study, conducted by Truth Initiative, will help us learn how text messaging can help adolescents between 13 and 17 years of age quit vaping.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Vaping; Cessation, Tobacco
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: This is Quitting; Other: Assessment only control; Other: Waitlist control

Detailed Description

The Teen Quit Vaping Study (QVS Teen) is a comparative effectiveness trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a quit vaping text message program in promoting abstinence from e-cigarettes among young users aged 13-17. This study is a 3-arm randomized controlled trial conducted among young users aged 13-17 recruited through online channels. Participants will be randomized to a quit vaping text message intervention, an assessment-only control condition, or a waitlist control condition. The primary aim is to examine 30-day point prevalence abstinence at 7-months post enrollment (roughly corresponds to 6-months post-treatment).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 1715
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Director of Research, Innovations; Phone Number: 202-525-6473; Email: vapestudy@truthinitiative.org

Study Locations

• United States
  • District of Columbia
    • Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20001
      • Truth Initiative

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 13 years to 17 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 13-17
• Past 30-day use of e-cigarettes containing nicotine
• Interest in quitting e-cigarette use in the next 30 days
• US residence

Exclusion Criteria:

• Failure to confirm mobile number after initial sign-up

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: This is Quitting; Participants will be enrolled to receive messages from This is Quitting. Users receive one age-appropriate message per day tailored to their enrollment date or quit date, which can be set and reset via text message. Those not ready to quit receive 4 weeks of messages focused on building skills and confidence. Users who set a quit date receive messages for a week preceding it and 8 weeks afterward that include encouragement and support, skill- and self-efficacy building exercises, coping strategies, and information about the risks of vaping, benefits of quitting, and cutting down to quit. Keywords COPE, STRESS, SLIP, and MORE provide on-demand support.	Behavioral: This is Quitting; Text message-based intervention for quit vaping support.
Other: Assessment only control; After an initial enrollment message, participants will be contacted monthly to assess e-cigarette use. At the end of the study data collection period, they will receive information on how to sign up for This is Quitting if they are interested in the program.	Other: Assessment only control; Assessment only
Other: Waitlist control; After an initial enrollment message, participants will receive no contact from study staff except for 1-month and 7-month follow-up assessments. At the end of the study data collection period, they will receive information on how to sign up for This is Quitting if they are interested in the program.	Other: Waitlist control; No contact until follow-up survey, waitlisted to receive intervention post study

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self-reported 30-day Point Prevalence Abstinence	In the past 30 days, did you vape at all, even a puff of someone else's?	7 months post enrollment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
30-day Point Prevalence Abstinence	In the past 30 days, did you vape at all, even a puff of someone else's?	1 month post enrollment
Number of Quit Attempts	Since you joined the study a month ago/In the last 6 months, how many times have you stopped vaping - not even a puff - for one day or longer because you were trying to quit for good?	1 and 7 months post enrollment
Changes in Daily E-cigarette Use Frequency	On average, how many puffs/hits on your vape do you take on a typical day?	1 and 7 months post enrollment
Changes in Confidence in Quitting E-cigarettes	How confident are you that you can quit vaping? Response on a scale of 1-5	1 and 7 months post enrollment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Truth Initiative

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): October 15, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): October 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 4, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 4, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): June 9, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): February 20, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 16, 2023
• Last Verified: February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Adolescents; Mobile intervention; Vaping cessation
• Other Study ID Numbers: TruthInitiativeQVSTeen

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: IPD are not available to other researchers. For access to deidentified dataset, please contact study administrator for more information.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No