Status:

COMPLETED

Text Messages in Preventing Tobacco Use in Young Adults

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Healthy Subject

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-25 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This trial studies how well text messages work in preventing tobacco use in young adults. Text messaging may help to teach young adults about the risks of tobacco products.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess baseline knowledge and risk perceptions about the use of conventional and new and emerging tobacco products among a subset of community college students from the two ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18-25 (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
  • Attend classes at either Houston Community College (HCC) Central Campus or Coleman Campus (Phase 1 and Phase 2), Spring Branch Campus (Phase 2) or the University of Houston (Phase 3)
  • Own a smartphone capable of receiving texts from the study's text messaging ) resource (Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3)
  • Use phone text-messaging features on a regular basis (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
  • Provide cell phone number (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
  • Speak and read English (Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3)
  • Enrolled in a communication program (Phase 1, health communication student review)
  • Evidence of smoking susceptibility as defined by the Smoking Susceptibility Scale (Phase 3)

Exclusion

  • Currently a smoker (Phase 3)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 20 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 29 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

781 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03457480

Start Date

September 20 2013

End Date

January 29 2021

Last Update

February 2 2021

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M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030