Electronic Cigarette UseNCT06142877
Effects of Social Media Use on Young Adults' E-Cigarette Use
A study testing Social Media Use Reduction in people with Electronic Cigarette Use, run by University of Oklahoma at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effects of social media use on e-cigarette use in young adults who use e-cigarettes. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does reducing social media use change young adults' e-cigarette use? Does reducing social media use change things such as young adults' mental… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 25 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Electronic Cigarette Use
- What is being tested?
- Social Media Use Reduction
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 200 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 4 Dec 2023to 1 Mar 2025
- 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 18 to 25 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Age 18-25
- Daily social media use
- Ownership of a smartphone
- Vaping (i.e., use of a nicotine e-cigarette) on 1-19 days of the past 30 days
- Residing in the United States
Who cannot join
- -Lack of capacity to provide informed consent
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104
Erin A Vogel, PhD, 405-271-8001 ext. 50493, erin-vogel@ouhsc.edu
About this study
Official title: Identifying and Addressing the Effects of Social Media Use on Young Adults' E-Cigarette Use: A Solutions-Oriented Approach
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effects of social media use on e-cigarette use in young adults who use e-cigarettes. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does reducing social media use change young adults' e-cigarette use?
- Does reducing social media use change things such as young adults' mental health and what they see on social media?
Participants will complete surveys and submit screenshots showing how much time they spend on social media.
Researchers will compare young adults who reduce their social media use to young adults who use social media as usual, to see if their e-cigarette use differs.
Read the detailed description
The overall goals of this project are to understand how young adults' social media use affects their nicotine vaping and to identify intervention targets that mitigate social media's impact on vaping. Prevalence of vaping and social media use among young adults have increased in tandem. Exposure to vaping-related social media content is common and is associated with vaping. Intense social media use appears to contribute to young adults' increased mental health symptoms, which are linked to tobacco product use. This project aims to contribute to scientific understanding of the causal links between social media use and vaping in young adulthood. Young adults with past-month vaping will report time spent on social media, vaping-related social media content exposure, social comparison on social media, mental health, and vaping behavior. After a 1-month baseline measurement period, they will be randomized to reduce their social media use (incentivized) or use social media as usual for a 3-month experimental period. Longitudinal within- and between-subjects analyses will test relationships between time spent on social media, risk factors for vaping, and vaping behavior. Specific research aims are to: (1) investigate the relationships between a reduction in social media use and: a) vaping content exposure, b) social comparison, and c) mental health, and (2) examine whether reducing social media use reduces past-month vaping days, vaping episodes per vaping day, and puffs per vaping episode.
- Conditions
- Electronic Cigarette Use
- Being tested
- Social Media Use Reduction
- Keywords
- social media, young adult, e-cigarette, nicotine vaping
- Medical subject headings
- Vaping
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Social Media Use ReductionBehavioural
Participants will be incentivized to reduce their social media use by a pre-specified percentage from baseline.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Social Media Use Reduction | Experimental | Not described Receives: Behavioral: Social Media Use Reduction |
| Social Media Use as Usual | No intervention | Not described |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Past-month vaping days
Number of days the participant vaped nicotine in the past 30 days
Measured: Collected at baseline, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo
Secondary outcomes (2)
Episodes per vaping day
Average number of times the participant used a nicotine vaping device on each day (of the past 30) they vaped nicotine
Measured: Collected at baseline, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo
Puffs per vaping episode
Past-month number of puffs per nicotine vaping episode (1-20)
Measured: Collected at baseline, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted22 Nov 2023
- Study start4 Dec 2023
- Primary completion1 Feb 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Mar 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Electronic Cigarette UseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of OklahomaThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- 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
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Participants will be randomized to one of two groups: 1) social media use reduction (intervention), or 2) social media use as usual (control).
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Stanford University, University of Southern California, University of Wisconsin, Madison, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Erin A Vogel, PhD, Principal investigator, University of Oklahoma
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06142877
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 15427
- Other IDs
- K01DA055073
- Status last verified
- May 2024
- First submitted
- 15 Nov 2023
- Last updated
- 7 May 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: Deidentified data will be available from the Principal Investigator upon reasonable request.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 7 May 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Identifying and Addressing the Effects of Social Media Use on Young Adults' E-Cigarette Use: A Solutions-Oriented Approach
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06142877
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 15427
- Conditions
- Electronic Cigarette Use
- Keywords
- social media, young adult, e-cigarette, nicotine vaping
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of OklahomaUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Stanford University, University of Southern California, University of Wisconsin, Madison, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Study start
- 4 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Feb 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Mar 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 22 Nov 2023 (actual)
- 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.
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effects of social media use on e-cigarette use in young adults who use e-cigarettes. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does reducing social media use change young adults' e-cigarette use?
- Does reducing social media use change things such as young adults' mental health and what they see on social media?
Participants will complete surveys and submit screenshots showing how much time they spend on social media.
Researchers will compare young adults who reduce their social media use to young adults who use social media as usual, to see if their e-cigarette use differs.
Detailed description
The overall goals of this project are to understand how young adults' social media use affects their nicotine vaping and to identify intervention targets that mitigate social media's impact on vaping. Prevalence of vaping and social media use among young adults have increased in tandem. Exposure to vaping-related social media content is common and is associated with vaping. Intense social media use appears to contribute to young adults' increased mental health symptoms, which are linked to tobacco product use. This project aims to contribute to scientific understanding of the causal links between social media use and vaping in young adulthood. Young adults with past-month vaping will report time spent on social media, vaping-related social media content exposure, social comparison on social media, mental health, and vaping behavior. After a 1-month baseline measurement period, they will be randomized to reduce their social media use (incentivized) or use social media as usual for a 3-month experimental period. Longitudinal within- and between-subjects analyses will test relationships between time spent on social media, risk factors for vaping, and vaping behavior. Specific research aims are to: (1) investigate the relationships between a reduction in social media use and: a) vaping content exposure, b) social comparison, and c) mental health, and (2) examine whether reducing social media use reduces past-month vaping days, vaping episodes per vaping day, and puffs per vaping episode.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Participants will be randomized to one of two groups: 1) social media use reduction (intervention), or 2) social media use as usual (control).
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Social Media Use Reduction | Experimental | Behavioral: Social Media Use Reduction |
| Social Media Use as Usual | No intervention | – |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 25 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Age 18-25
- Daily social media use
- Ownership of a smartphone
- Vaping (i.e., use of a nicotine e-cigarette) on 1-19 days of the past 30 days
- Residing in the United States
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- -Lack of capacity to provide informed consent
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Social Media Use ReductionParticipants will be incentivized to reduce their social media use by a pre-specified percentage from baseline. | Behavioural | Social Media Use Reduction |
Primary outcome
Past-month vaping days
Time frame: Collected at baseline, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo
Number of days the participant vaped nicotine in the past 30 days
2 secondary outcomes
Episodes per vaping day
Time frame: Collected at baseline, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo
Puffs per vaping episode
Time frame: Collected at baseline, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 7 May 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Deidentified data will be available from the Principal Investigator upon reasonable request.
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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.
Erin A Vogel, PhD principal investigator
University of Oklahoma
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Social Media Use Reduction in people with Electronic Cigarette Use, run by University of Oklahoma 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 5 inclusion and 1 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 May 2024. 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?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Erin A Vogel, PhD (405-271-8001 ext. 50493, erin-vogel@ouhsc.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Past-month vaping days (time frame: Collected at baseline, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo). 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 7 May 2024.