AzTrials
AzTrials

Tobacco UseNCT03682900

Expanding the Click City Tobacco Prevention Program to Include E-cigarettes and Other Novel Tobacco Products

A study testing Click City®: Tobacco and Usual Tobacco Curriculum in people with Tobacco Use, run by Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
Search all trials

Trial summary

The goal of this study is to modify a smoking prevention program for 5th and 6th grade students to also target vaping e-cigarettes. Aims were to modify the program along with associated materials and to conduct a trial with 5th grade students in the school setting to see how well the updated program worked. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 9 to 12 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Tobacco Use
What is being tested?
Click City®: Tobacco and Usual Tobacco Curriculum
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
2,673 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
1 Oct 2019to 30 Jun 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 9 to 12 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • A 5th grade student in one of the recruited schools
  • Student speaks English as a first or second language
  • Passive parental consent to participate

Who cannot join

  • Special needs students identified by the classroom teacher as a student who would not understand the questionnaire or the program
  • Teacher indicates that they cannot comprehend English.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.

    Springfield, Oregon, 97477

Other trials in United States

About this study

The goal of this study is to modify a smoking prevention program for 5th and 6th grade students to also target vaping e-cigarettes. Aims were to modify the program along with associated materials and to conduct a trial with 5th grade students in the school setting to see how well the updated program worked. Students either participated in the four-week computer based program or continued with their usual tobacco prevention curriculum.

This study showed that students who received the computer program reduced their intentions and willingness to use e-cigarettes or smoke in the future more than did students who used their usual tobacco curriculum.

Read the detailed description

Given the increase in prevalence of e-cigarette use among youth, investigators modified a smoking prevention program to not only target smoking but also vaping e-cigarettes. Investigators conducted a pragmatic randomized trial with 5th grade students in schools across Arizona and Oregon to evaluate the effectiveness of the updated program in a "real-world" setting. Forty-five schools were randomized to the intervention condition, wherein students used the updated version of Click City®: Tobacco, or the control condition, wherein students were taught their usual tobacco prevention curriculum. Students in the intervention schools decreased their intentions and willingness to use e-cigarettes and cigarettes significantly, as compared to students in control schools. The intervention also significantly changed all etiological mechanisms. The effects on all outcomes of the intervention were similar as a function of state (Arizona vs Oregon), gender, ethnicity (Hispanic vs not Hispanic), and historical timing (prior to school closures in 2020 vs after schools re-opened in 2022). The intervention was also more effective for at-risk students, as defined by student's previous tobacco use, current family use and/or high in sensation seeking. Close to 90% of the students completed the entire program, and most completed it in 3 to 4 weeks, the expected time frame. The effectiveness of the updated Click City®: Tobacco was demonstrated in a "real world" setting and findings suggested that all students can potentially benefit from the program.

Conditions
Tobacco Use
Being tested
Click City®: Tobacco, Usual Tobacco Curriculum
Keywords
e-cigarettes, prevention, middle school, smoking
Medical subject headings
Tobacco Use, Vaping, Smoking

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Click City®: TobaccoOther

    A computer-based program assigned to students designed to prevent subsequent tobacco use. Students complete one 15 to 20 minute lesson two times a week for four weeks.

  • Usual Tobacco CurriculumOther

    Students complete their usual curriculum designed to prevent tobacco use.

Study groups in NCT03682900
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Intervention: Click City Tobacco Prevention ProgramExperimentalParticipation consisted of a baseline assessment one-week prior to starting the program, and a follow-up assessment one-week following completion of the program. The expectation was that students complete two lessons a week of the computer-based program over a four-week period.
Receives: Other: Click City®: Tobacco
Control: Usual Tobacco Prevention CurriculumExperimentalStudents in control schools completed the baseline and follow-up assessments during the same week as students in their yoked intervention school. The expectation was that students would participate in the standard tobacco curriculum over this period.
Receives: Other: Usual Tobacco Curriculum

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change in Behavioral Intentions to Vape E-cigarettes

    Measured by two items, assessing the student's intentions regarding vaping e-cigarettes as a teen or as a grown-up. Responses were on a five-point scale ranging from "definitely not" (1) to "definitely will" (5). The scale was created by summing the two items with potential range from 2 to 10. A higher score means a worse outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six months

  2. Change in Behavioral Intentions to Smoke Cigarettes

    Measured by two items assessing the student's intentions to smoke cigarettes as a teen or as a grown-up. Responses were on a five-point scale ranging from "definitely not" (1) to "definitely will" (5). The scale was created by summing the two items with a potential range from 2 to 10. A higher score means a worse outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  3. Change in Willingness to Vape E-cigarettes

    Measured by four items, assessing the student's willingness to vape e-cigarettes if the opportunity presented itself (with a group of kids with e-cigaretes available and with kids who are vaping and you want to be a part of the group. Willingness to vape was assessed for two levels, "try a few vapes" and "try vaping several times in a row". Responses were on a five point scale, "not at all willing" (1) to "very willing" (5) and were summed for the two scenarios and two levels, yielding a scale from 4 to 20. A higher score means a worse outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  4. Change in Willingness to Smoke Cigarettes

    Measured by four items, assessing the student's willingness to smoke cigarettes if the opportunity presented itself ("with a group of kids with cigarettes available" and "with kids who are smoking and you want to be a part of the group". Willingness to smoke was assessed for two levels, "try a few puffs" and "smoking the whole cigarette". Responses were on a five point scale, "not at all willing" (1) to "very willing" (5) and were summed for the two scenarios and two levels, yielding a scale from 4 to 20. A higher score means a worse outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

Secondary outcomes (18)
  1. Change in Favorable Social Images of Smokers

    Students rate what they "think kids who smoke are like" using a three-point rating scale from "not at all like this" (1) to "very much like this" (3) to rate three attributes, "popular", "cool or neat" and "exciting". The three attributes are summed and the potential score goes from 3 to 9. A higher score means a worse outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  2. Change in Favorable Social Images of E-cigarette Vapers

    Students rate what they "think kids who vape e-carettes are like" using a three-point rating scale using "not at all like this" (1) to "very much like this" (3) to rate three attributes, "popular", "cool or neat" and "exciting". The three attributes are summed and the potential score ranges from 3 to 9. A higher score means a worse outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  3. Change in Normative Social Images of Smokers

    Students rate what they "think other 5th grade kids think kids who smoke cigarettes are like" using a three-point rating scale using "not at all like this" (1) to "very much like this" (3) to rate three attributes, "popular", "cool or neat" and "exciting". The three attributes are summed and the potential score ranges from 3 to 9. A higher score means a worse outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  4. Change in Normative Social Images of Vapers

    Students rate what they "think other 5th grade kids think kids who vape e-cigarettes are like" using a three-point rating scale using "not at all like this" (1) to "very much like this" (3) to rate three attributes, "popular", "cool or neat" and "exciting". The three attributes are summed and the potential score ranges from 3 to 9. A higher score means a worse outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  5. Change in Perception of Friends Approval of Smoking

    Students indicated their perception of friends' approval of their smoking of each of three levels of cigarettes, trying, smoking a few, and smoking a few a day. Responses to each item ranged from "yes" (1) to "no" (3). Summing the three levels ranged from 3 to 9, with a higher score means a better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  6. Change in Perception of Friends Approval of Vaping

    Students indicated their perception of friends' approval of their vaping of each of three levels of cigarettes, trying, vaping a few, and vaping a few a day. Responses to each item ranged from "yes" (1) to "no" (3). Summing the three levels ranged from 3 to 9, with a higher score indicating a better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  7. Change in Perception of Risk of Second-hand Smoke Exposure

    Perception of the risk of getting four diseases ("breathing problems", "asthma", "ear infections" "heart disease", and "lung disease or cancer") as a result of being "often around someone who smokes". Responses for each disease are on a five point scale ranging from "no chance" (1) to "certain to happen" (5). Items were summed to form a scale. The total scale of five items ranged from 4 to 20. A higher score means a better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  8. Change in Perception of Risk of Second-hand Vape Exposure

    Perception of the risk of getting each of four diseases ("breathing problems", "asthma", "ear infections" , and "lung disease or cancer") as a result of being "often around someone who vapes". Responses for each disease are on a five point scale ranging from "no chance" (1) to "certain to happen" (5). Items were summed to form a scale. The total scale of four items ranged from 4 to 20. The follow-up measure was subtracted from the baseline measure, with a higher score indicating a favorable outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  9. Change in Perception of Risk of Cumulative Consequences of Smoking

    Perception of risk of getting three diseases (lung cancer, serious breathing diseases, and heart disease) as a result of three levels of cigarettes, "one", "a few cigarettes a day for two years", "a pack of cigarettes a day for two years". Responses for each disease and each level ranged from "no chance" (1) to "certain to happen" (5). Items were summed to form a scale. The total scale of nine items ranged from 9 to 45. A higher score means a better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  10. Change in Perception of Risk of Cumulative Consequences of Vaping

    Perception of risk of getting three diseases (lung cancer, serious breathing diseases, and heart disease) as a result of three levels of e-cigarettes, "one time", "a few times a day for two years", "Twenty or more times a day for two years'. Responses for each disease and each level ranged from "no chance" (1) to "certain to happen" (5). Items were summed to form a scale. The total scale of nine items ranged from 9 to 45. A higher score means a better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  11. Change in Perception of Risk of Smoking Each Cigarette

    Risk of smoking each cigarette was measured by two items indicating what would happen to a 12 year old who started smoking, "every cigarette smoked hurts them a bit" and "The very next cigarette probably won't hurt their bodies". The response scale was a five-point scale ranging from "strongly agree" (1) to "strongly disagree" (5). The scale consisted of summing both items with the former item reversed scored. Scale scores ranged from 2 to 10. A higher score indicated a more favorable outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  12. Change in Perception of Risk of Vaping Each E-cigarette

    Risk of vaping each e-cigarette was measured by two items indicating what would happen to a 12 year old who started vaping, "every e-cigarette vaped hurts them a bit" and "the very next e-cigarette probably won't hurt their bodies". The response scale was a five-point scale ranging from "strongly agree" (1) to "strongly disagree" (5). The scale consisted of summing both items with the former item reversed scored. Scale scores ranged from 2 to 10. A higher score indicated a more better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  13. Change in Perception of Risk of Addiction From Smoking

    Change in perception of risk of getting addicted to smoking as a result of five levels of smoking, ranging from "one time" to a "a pack of cigarettes a day for five years". Responses for each level were on a five-point scale ranging from "no chance" (1) to "certain to happen" (5). Items were summed to form a scale. The total scale of the five items ranged from 5 to 25. A higher score means a better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  14. Change in Perception of Risk of Addiction From Vaping

    Perception of risk of getting addicted to vaping as a result of vaping five levels of increasing quantities of e-cigarettes, ranging from "one time" to a "20 times a day for 5 years". Responses for each level were on a five-point scale ranging from "no chance" (1) to "certain to happen" (5). Items were summed to form a scale. The total scale ranged from 5 to 25. A higher score means a better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  15. Change in Perception of Control Over Quitting Smoking

    Students answered "how much control do you think you would have over quitting smoking" using a four-point response scale ranging from "no control" (1) to "total control" (4). Perception of control was indicated within four levels of increasing quantities of cigarettes, ranging from "tried a cigarette" to "a pack a day for five years". The four Items were summed to form a scale with the total scale ranging from 4 to 16. A higher score means a worse outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  16. Change in Perception of Control Over Vaping

    Students answered "how much control do you think you would have over quitting vaping e-cigarettes" using a four-point response scale ranging from "no control" (1) to "total control" (4). Students indicated thier perception of control within each of four levels of increasing quantities of e-cigarettes, ranging from "tried vaping" to "20 times a day for five years". The four Items were summed to form a scale with the total scale ranging from 4 to 16. A lower score indicated a better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  17. Change in Perception of Risk of Difficulty Quitting Smoking

    Perception of risk of difficulty quitting smoking as a result of vaping five levels of increasing quantities of cigarettes smoked, ranging from "one cigarette" to a " a pack of cigarettes a day for 5 years". Responses for each level were on a five-point scale ranging from "Very easy" (1) to "Very difficult" (5). Items were summed to form a scale. The total scale ranged from 5 to 25. A higher score meant a better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

  18. Change in Perception of Risk of Difficulty Quitting Vaping

    Perception of risk of difficulty of quitting vaping as a result of vaping five levels of increasing quantities of e-cigarettes vaped, ranging from "one time" to a " 20 times a day for 5 years". Responses for each level were on a five-point scale ranging from "Very easy" (1) to "Very difficult" (5). Items were summed to form a scale. The total scale ranged from 5 to 25. A higher score means a better outcome.

    Measured: baseline; six weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Sep 2018
  2. Study start1 Oct 2019
  3. Primary completion15 Jun 2022
  4. Study completion30 Jun 2022

Resources

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
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Schools were stratified by state, size of school (small, medium, large) and desired start date and randomized to intervention or control. Intervention and control schools were yoked for the timing of assessments (baseline and follow-up assessments).
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
2,673 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03682900
Sponsor's protocol ID
DA044025
Other IDs
2R44DA044025
Status last verified
Oct 2023
First submitted
21 Sep 2018
Last updated
1 Nov 2023
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Click City®: Tobacco and Usual Tobacco Curriculum in people with Tobacco Use, run by Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

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 3 inclusion and 2 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 1 Nov 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 1 Nov 2023). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Change in Behavioral Intentions to Vape E-cigarettes (time frame: baseline; six 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 1 Nov 2023.

Free account

Keep searching with a free account

You’ve used your 3 free searches for this session. Log in or create a free AzTrials account to keep searching clinical trials and save the ones you want to follow.

Create a free accountLog in