BABY STEPS II: SMS Scheduled Gradual Reduction Text Messages to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Smoking, Pregnancy
In brief
Primary Aim: To test the efficacy of a SMS text-based scheduled gradual reduction (SGR) and counseling intervention to promote smoking cessation in the late third trimester. Hypothesis: The rate of smoking cessation in the late third trimester among women in the SGR Support Messages arm will be higher than among women in the Support Messages arm. Secondary Aim 1: To assess the effect of the SGR intervention on biochemically validated prolonged abstinence and smoking reduction during pregnancy. Secondary Aim 2: To assess the effect of the SGR intervention on smoking abstinence at three months postpartum. Secondary Aim 3: To assess the effect of the SGR intervention on the rate of preterm birth.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01995097
- Run by
- Duke University
- People needed
- 331
- Starts
- 2014-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-02-20
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-02-08
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Women who:
- are between 10 and 28 weeks pregnant,
- have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime,
- smoke 3 or more cigarettes per day in the prior 7 days,
- are current smokers,
- are willing to try to quit smoking,
- are enrolled in prenatal care at the clinics from which the study team is recruiting and plan to receive care there throughout their pregnancy,
- are age 18 or older,
- speak English
You may not qualify if…
- evidence of unstable cognitive or mental health problems who cannot properly provide consent.
Where it is running
- Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
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