Aim 1: App for Reducing Cravings to Smoke

Aim 1: Augmented Reality as an Adjunct to Quitline Counseling for Smoking Cessation

The aim of this study is to update a recently developed study-related smartphone application to reduce cravings to smoke to be an engaging, user-friendly treatment tool, and verify user satisfaction

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Smoking
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Smartphone App

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 14
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
      • Moffitt Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• >18 years of age
• Daily smokers that have quit smoking within the past 3 months (Aim 1) or currently smoking ≥ 3 cigarettes per day for the past year (Aim 2)
• Functioning telephone number
• Owns a smart phone capable of supporting AR and willing to download the app
• Can speak, read and write in English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Has another household member already enrolled in the study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Aim 1: Update an existing smartphone App; An existing study app will be updated to be engaging, user-friendly treatment tool, and verify user satisfaction.	Behavioral: Smartphone App; Participants will download a study app that will allow them to track smoking urges and abstinence. Access to augmented reality will become available after 48 hours of self-reported abstinence.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
System Usability Scale (Aim 1)	Participants' perception of usability and learnability of the app will be measured using 10 items on a 5-point Likert scale. Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better usability.	At 1 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
User Satisfaction (Aim 1)	One Likert scale item will capture participants' satisfaction with the app. The Likert scale is from 1 to 4, with higher score indicating greater satisfaction.	At 1 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
• Collaborators: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Christine Vinci, Moffitt Cancer Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 9, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 2, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): November 2, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 9, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 9, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): April 11, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 18, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 12, 2025
• Last Verified: November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavior; Smoking
• Other Study ID Numbers: MCC-21980 Aim1; R01DA055298 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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