Message Testing in Aging African American Smokers (MCAAAS-2)

April 18, 2023 updated by: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Motivating Change in Aging African American Smokers - Testing Messages

The goal of this study is to examine different messages to motivate smokers who self-identify as an African American current smoker, between the ages of 50-80 years old to quit smoking. Participants will be asked to complete a survey and look at two messages.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

844

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
    • Wisconsin
      • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705
        • University of Wisconsin

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Current smoker (smoking at least some days perweek)
  • Ability to read and write English
  • Between the ages of 50 and 80 years old
  • Self identify as African American.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of Mild Cognitive Impairment or dementia

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: "Big tobacco" video message and flyer
Participants will view a "Big tobacco" video message and flyer.
Behavioral: Rate Emotional Response
Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate their emotional response to the message
Other Names:
  • Video message and flyer
Behavioral: Rate Impact of Message
Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate the impact of the presented messages on motivation to quit smoking.
Other Names:
  • Video message and flyer
Active Comparator: "It's never too late" video message and flyer
Participants will view a "It's never too late" video message and flyer.
Behavioral: Rate Emotional Response
Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate their emotional response to the message
Other Names:
  • Video message and flyer
Behavioral: Rate Impact of Message
Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate the impact of the presented messages on motivation to quit smoking.
Other Names:
  • Video message and flyer
Placebo Comparator: Placebo Message
Participants will view a water advertisement and flyer.
Behavioral: Rate Emotional Response
Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate their emotional response to the message
Other Names:
  • Video message and flyer
Behavioral: Rate Impact of Message
Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate the impact of the presented messages on motivation to quit smoking.
Other Names:
  • Video message and flyer
Active Comparator: Fear message video and flyer
Participants will view a fear message video and flyer.
Behavioral: Rate Emotional Response
Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate their emotional response to the message
Other Names:
  • Video message and flyer
Behavioral: Rate Impact of Message
Participants will view their assigned video package, and will be asked to rate the impact of the presented messages on motivation to quit smoking.
Other Names:
  • Video message and flyer

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Motivation to quit smoking
Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 15 minutes
Measure participants' motivation to quit after viewing the flyer and video,using a 1 item scaled measurement of motivation to quit (1-7 scale, 7indicating higher motivation).
Through study completion, approximately 15 minutes
Emotional response
Time Frame: Through study completion, approximately 15 minutes
Measure participants' emotional response to the messages using a 1-9scaled measurement of 14 different emotions (9 indicating more emotionalresponse). Emotionality will be presented together summarizing the meanpresentation of these emotions by the different groups.
Through study completion, approximately 15 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Collaborators

Centiment LLC

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Adrienne Johnson, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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)

March 13, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 28, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

March 28, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 4, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 18, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

April 19, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 19, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 18, 2023

Last Verified

April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2023-0217
  • SMPH/MEDICINE/GEN INT MD (Other Identifier: UW Madison)
  • Version date 2/6/2023 (Other Identifier: UW Madison)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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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