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The QUIT Smoking Study: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Financial Incentives, Text Messaging, and Usual Care to Help Homeless Smokers Quit Smoking
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Transdermal nicotine patch, In-person smoking cessation counseling, and 2 other interventions for Smoking. Completed, enrolled 83 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The QUIT (Quitting with Usual Care, Incentives, and Technology) Smoking Study is a 3-arm pilot randomized controlled trial that will test the effect of 2 different experimental smoking cessation interventions relative to a control condition in homeless cigarette smokers. All participants will receive free transdermal nicotine patches and weekly in-person smoking cessation counseling. In addition, participants randomized to the first experimental condition will receive financial rewards for biochemically-verified smoking abstinence, and participants randomized to the second experimental condition will be enrolled in a text messaging program to support smoking abstinence.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
* ≥10 cigarettes per day: nicotine 21mg/24hr patch daily x 6 weeks, then nicotine 14mg/24hr patch daily x 2 weeks * \<10 cigarettes per day: nicotine 14mg/24hr patch daily x 8 weeks
\- One-on-one 15-minute counseling sessions once per week for 8 weeks
\- Escalating-value financial rewards for smoking abstinence, verified by exhaled carbon monoxide \<8ppm
\- 1-5 text messages per day starting up to 2 weeks before the quit date and continuing until 6 weeks after the quit date, delivered by SmokefreeTXT