Technology Assisted Motivational Interviewing

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Conditions studied: Smoking, Smoking Cessation

In brief

Building on our successful pilot work to develop a Motivational Interviewing (MI)-capable chatbot and cessation coach, the investigators propose to address the problems of intrinsic motivation and social barriers to smoking cessation by evaluating a highly scalable and easily accessible digital-coaching intervention that 1) promotes readiness to change using a technology-assisted MI (TAMI) chatbot, 2) provides compelling and accessible multilingual education about smoking cessation tools, and 3) develops a tailored quit plan addressing social barriers to treatment initiation and sustainment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06713603

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

440

Starts

2025-09-22

Expected to finish

2027-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• A current Primary Care Provider patient
• Age 18 or older
• Smoke at least 1 cigarette per day for the past 7 consecutive days (and at least 100 lifetime)
• Have a digital device (phone, laptop, tablet)
• Moderately proficient in English
• Able to participate for 6-month trial

You may not qualify if…

• Current participation in a smoking cessation program
• Current use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy or smoking cessation pharmacotherapy
• Cognitive impairment that would preclude informed consent

Where it is running

• San Francisco General Hospital — San Francisco, California, United States (enrolling)
• UCSF Adult Primary Care Mt. Zion Clinic — San Francisco, California, United States (enrolling)

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