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N/ACompleted· 160 enrolled
Drug / intervention
smoking cessation aides +1 morebehavioral
Likely dose
Not stated in record
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Twitter-enabled Mobile Messaging for Smoking Relapse Prevention

University of California, Irvine·interventional·Posted May 21, 2012·Updated Oct 31, 2024

In Brief

A clinical study evaluating smoking cessation aides and Twitter for Smoking. Completed, enrolled 160 participants across 2 sites.

Detailed Summary

We conducted a two-arm (test vs. control, N=160) randomized controlled trial of small, private, online support groups for quitting smoking with 20 people per group who were seeking to quit smoking. A novel feature was a bot (auto-messenger) that posted a daily cessation-related discussion topic in each group, timed to the group's quit date.

Study Details

Study Typeinterventional
Allocation--
Masking--
Primary Purpose--
ConditionsSmoking
CountriesUnited States
CollaboratorsNational Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Timeline

N/ACompletedFinished
201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
First PostedMay 21, 2012
Enrollment StartJan 1, 2012
Primary CompletionJun 1, 2014
TodayJul 2, 2026
Enrollment to primary: 2.4 yearsPosted 14.1 years ago

Interventions

smoking cessation aidesbehavioral

All participants will receive 8 weeks of free nicotine patches, referral to the NCI's online Smokefree.gov Quit Guide, and instruction to set a quit date within 8 days of study start.

Twitterbehavioral

Twitter quit-smoking group