Young Adult Behavioral ChangeNCT02379325
Text Message Stop Smoking Among Young Population
A study testing Lets Quit and pamphlets material in people with Young Adult Behavioral Change, run by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre.
Trial summary
Smoking cessation is a priority for preventing smoking-attributable disease and reducing its burden. Quitting smoking at any age confers substantial and immediate health benefits, including reduced risks of stroke, cardiovascular disease and smoking-related cancers, and quitting smoking by the age of 30 reduces the… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 to 25 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Young Adult Behavioral Change
- What is being tested?
- Lets Quit and pamphlets material
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Apr 2014to Jun 2014
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 to 25 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Smokers aged 18 - 24 years old
- Owned a mobile phone with text messaging capabilities
- Intention to quit
- No current use of nicotine replacement treatment or bupropion in the past month
- Not in treatment for any substance abuse disorder within the past year
Who cannot join
- Not a smoker
- No desire to quit smoking-
- Who unwillingly to participate in this study
About this study
Official title: 4-Weeks Intervention of Mobile Phone Text Messaging (Let's Quit!) on Smoking Cessation Among University Students: A Non Randomized Controlled Trial
Smoking cessation is a priority for preventing smoking-attributable disease and reducing its burden. Quitting smoking at any age confers substantial and immediate health benefits, including reduced risks of stroke, cardiovascular disease and smoking-related cancers, and quitting smoking by the age of 30 reduces the risk of dying from tobacco-related diseases by almost 90%. The World Bank suggests that if adult cigarette consumption were to decrease by half in the year 2020, approximately 180 million tobacco-attributable deaths could be avoided. Therefore, promotion of smoking cessation has been proposed as a primary focus of tobacco control efforts, especially in developing countries where smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption are both still relatively high
Read the detailed description
most risk factors are associated with more than one disease, and targeting those factors can reduce multiple causes of disease. Since smoking has 9% contributions on the leading global risk towards mortality in the world and this risk factor has resulted in multiple causes of disease for example, lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, chronic respiratory disease and other conditions therefore by quantifying the impact of this risk factors on diseases, may help to decrease the number of burden disease that is caused by smoking. University students age of 18 -24 are among the group of age that has the highest prevalence on smoking, thus it is necessary to targeting the high-risk people, who are most likely to benefit from the intervention. Population-based strategies seek to change the social norm by encouraging an increase in healthy behavior and a reduction in health risk. University students are in transition between the adolescence and early adulthood and developed unhealthy behaviors like cigarette smoking
- Conditions
- Young Adult Behavioral Change
- Being tested
- Lets Quit, pamphlets material
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Lets QuitBehavioural
Five tracks were created including "Not Ready", "Beginner", "Advance", "Relapse", and "Distraction". The "Distraction" track was combined with all of the other remaining 4 tracks. It was aimed as a distraction (as the name indicated) method to lighten the participants mood. It consisted of general information such as sports, fashion, dining, movies, and travelling.
pamphlets materialBehavioural
Given pamphlets material on smoking and complication
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Lets Quit | Experimental | Given text message Receives: Behavioral: Lets Quit; Behavioral: pamphlets material |
| Pamplets education | Active comparator | Given pamplets on smoking and complication Receives: Behavioral: Lets Quit; Behavioral: pamphlets material |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Quit rates
Measured: 2 months
Time-line follow-back (TLFB)
Measured: 2 months
The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence
Measured: 2 months
CO level
Measured: 2 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted4 Mar 2015 (estimated)
- Study startApr 2014
- Primary completionJun 2014
- Study completionJun 2014
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Young Adult Behavioral ChangeStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02379325
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Lets Quit
- Status last verified
- Feb 2015
- First submitted
- 5 Feb 2015
- Last updated
- 4 Mar 2015
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Mar 2015. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- 4-Weeks Intervention of Mobile Phone Text Messaging (Let's Quit!) on Smoking Cessation Among University Students: A Non Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02379325
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Lets Quit
- Conditions
- Young Adult Behavioral Change
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical CentreUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Apr 2014
- Primary completion
- Jun 2014 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jun 2014 (actual)
- First posted
- 4 Mar 2015 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Smoking cessation is a priority for preventing smoking-attributable disease and reducing its burden. Quitting smoking at any age confers substantial and immediate health benefits, including reduced risks of stroke, cardiovascular disease and smoking-related cancers, and quitting smoking by the age of 30 reduces the risk of dying from tobacco-related diseases by almost 90%. The World Bank suggests that if adult cigarette consumption were to decrease by half in the year 2020, approximately 180 million tobacco-attributable deaths could be avoided. Therefore, promotion of smoking cessation has been proposed as a primary focus of tobacco control efforts, especially in developing countries where smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption are both still relatively high
Detailed description
most risk factors are associated with more than one disease, and targeting those factors can reduce multiple causes of disease. Since smoking has 9% contributions on the leading global risk towards mortality in the world and this risk factor has resulted in multiple causes of disease for example, lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, chronic respiratory disease and other conditions therefore by quantifying the impact of this risk factors on diseases, may help to decrease the number of burden disease that is caused by smoking. University students age of 18 -24 are among the group of age that has the highest prevalence on smoking, thus it is necessary to targeting the high-risk people, who are most likely to benefit from the intervention. Population-based strategies seek to change the social norm by encouraging an increase in healthy behavior and a reduction in health risk. University students are in transition between the adolescence and early adulthood and developed unhealthy behaviors like cigarette smoking
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Lets Quit | Experimental | Behavioral: Lets Quit, Behavioral: pamphlets materialGiven text message |
| Pamplets education | Active comparator | Behavioral: Lets Quit, Behavioral: pamphlets materialGiven pamplets on smoking and complication |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 to 25 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Smokers aged 18 - 24 years old
- Owned a mobile phone with text messaging capabilities
- Intention to quit
- No current use of nicotine replacement treatment or bupropion in the past month
- Not in treatment for any substance abuse disorder within the past year
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Not a smoker
- No desire to quit smoking-
- Who unwillingly to participate in this study
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Lets QuitFive tracks were created including "Not Ready", "Beginner", "Advance", "Relapse", and "Distraction". The "Distraction" track was combined with all of the other remaining 4 tracks. It was aimed as a distraction (as the name indicated) method to lighten the participants mood. It consisted of general information such as sports, fashion, dining, movies, and travelling. | Behavioural | Lets Quit, Pamplets education |
| pamphlets materialGiven pamphlets material on smoking and complication | Behavioural | Lets Quit, Pamplets education |
Primary outcome
Quit rates
Time frame: 2 months
Time-line follow-back (TLFB)
Time frame: 2 months
The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence
Time frame: 2 months
CO level
Time frame: 2 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 4 Mar 2015.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Lets Quit and pamphlets material in people with Young Adult Behavioral Change, run by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Mar 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Quit rates (time frame: 2 months). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Mar 2015.