Penn State TXT2Quit Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes

In brief

This study is evaluating the feasibility and short term smoking cessation outcomes of an automated smoking cessation intervention delivered via mobile phone text messaging as an adjunct to Varenicline in a primary care setting.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02367391

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

152

Starts

2015-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-15

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Smoke >4 cigarettes/day for at least 6 months
• Age 21+
• Want to quit and ready to try in next 30 days
• Willing to quit all forms of tobacco (including e-cigs)
• Willing to use Chantix to try to quit
• Have a cell phone able to receive text messages
• Willing to attend 3 visits and use varenicline for smoking cessation
• Plan to live in local area for next 6 months
• Read and write in English
• Women not pregnant and taking steps to avoid
• Able to understand and willing to sign consent

You may not qualify if…

• History of allergic reaction or other adverse event while using varenicline
• Used a smoking cessation aid/medicine in past 1 month (including e-cigs)
• Currently pregnant or nursing
• Does not have a mobile phone that can send and receive text messages or unwilling to receive study texts
• Uncontrolled serious mental illness or substance abuse or inpatient treatment for these in the past 6 months
• Uses non-cigarette tobacco products and does not plan to quit all tobacco.
• Has a history of kidney problems or receives dialysis
• Had any thoughts that they would be better off dead or of deliberate self-harm in the prior 4 weeks
• Had a heart attack in the past 4 weeks
• Mental conditions that would prohibit the participant from completing the protocol

Where it is running

• Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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