Vape-Free Text-Messaging: Pilot Study for E-cigarette Cessation
This study is testing a text-messaging program called "E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention" to help young adults in rural areas stop using e-cigarettes. It's a small pilot study to see if the program is practical, acceptable, and shows early signs of working. You could join if you are 18-24 years old, speak English, use e-cigarettes daily, have a smartphone, know how to text, plan to quit within a month, and live in a rural county in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, or South Dakota. The study will look at how many people join, how many read the text messages, and how many stay in the study for one month. The current status of this study is unclear.
- Study design
- This is a small pilot randomized controlled trial, meaning participants will be randomly assigned to either receive the text-messaging intervention or standard care. About 50 people are planned to join this study.
- What's involved
- Not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The study will track participants for one month after the intervention to see how many remain in the study.
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Vape-Free Text-Messaging: Pilot Study
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Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesWho to contact
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What this trial measures
- Number of participants recruited and randomizedThroughout 12 months
Number of participants recruited and randomized
- Self-reported proportion of text messages readAt 1 month
Proportion of text messages read during the intervention or standard care at 1 month
- Retention rates (proportion of participants remained until 1 month post-intervention from enrollment)At 1 month
Proportion of participants from enrollment to 1 month post-intervention or standard-care
- Level of acceptability of the interventionAt 1 month
1. When you had received our text messages from our VapeFreeTXT program 1 month ago, how many of our text messages did you read on a typical day? Not at all (1) Read about 25% messages (2) Read about half messages (3) Read about 75% messages (4) Read the entire messages (5) 2. How useful was our VapeFreeTXT program in helping you quit vaping? Not at all useful (1) Slightly useful (2) Moderately useful (3) Very useful (4) Extremely useful (5) 3. Did our VapeFreeTXT program make you think about quitting vaping? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5) 4. Do you think our VapeFreeTXT program will change your vaping? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5) 5. Would you recommend this program to a friend or others? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5)
- Proportion of salivary cotinine samples returnedAt 1 month
Proportion of salivary cotinine samples returned to the office lab for cotinine analysis
- Self-reported 7-days point prevalence abstinence from ENDS and other tobaccoAt 1 month
Self-reported 7-days point prevalence abstinence from ENDS and other tobacco
- Concentration of cotinine in salivaAt 1 month
Biochemically verified abstinence evaluated by salivary cotinine samples
- Nicotine dependence (Penn State Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index)At 1 month
Nicotine dependence (minimum 0 to maximum 20, higher scores mean a worse outcome.)