Texting to Promote Tobacco Abstinence in Emergency Department Smokers: A Pilot Study

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Smoking, Tobacco Abstinence

In brief

This is a pilot study to test the feasibility of conducting a text based smoking cessation trial with Emergency Department patients who are smokers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02081144

Run by

Yale University

People needed

60

Starts

2014-05-01

Expected to finish

2014-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years or older
• have smoked >= 100 cigarettes lifetime
• describe themselves as every or some day smokers
• are able to give written informed consent
• reside in Connecticut
• own a cell phone with texting capability.

You may not qualify if…

• inability to read or understand English
• currently receiving formal tobacco dependence treatment
• current use of tobacco cessation products (patch, gum, inhaler, nasal spray, lozenge, e-cigarette)
• currently using Zyban (bupropion), Wellbutrin (bupropion) or Chantix (varenicline) for smoking cessation
• current suicide or homicide risk
• current psychotic disorder
• life-threatening or unstable medical or psychiatric condition
• does not have phone with CT area code and with texting capability
• lacks capacity to give informed consent
• leaving the ED against medical advice
• pregnant, nursing, or trying to conceive
• incarcerated
• resides in an extended care facility

Where it is running

• Yale New Haven Hospital — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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