Status:
COMPLETED
Mobile Chat Messaging for Smoking Relapse Prevention
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Hong Kong
Collaborating Sponsors:
Health and Medical Research Fund
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation
Conditions:
Smoking Cessation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Most smokers return to smoking (relapse) after making a quit attempt, but evidence of effective intervention to prevent relapse is scarce. Taking advantage of recent advances in mobile technologies, t...
Detailed Description
Most smokers who made quit attempts and achieved short-term abstinence return to smoking (relapse) over time, even when aided by effective smoking cessation treatment. Since relapse mostly occurred in...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Hong Kong residents aged 18 years or above
- Own a smartphone with WhatsApp installed
- Enrolled in a smoking cessation program under Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation
- Smoked daily before the present quit attempt
- Abstained from smoking for 3 to 30 days
Exclusion
- Diagnosed with a mental disease or on regular psychotropic drugs
- Participating in other ongoing smoking cessation studies
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 14 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 10 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
590 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05370352
Start Date
March 14 2023
End Date
August 10 2025
Last Update
November 20 2025
Active Locations (2)
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1
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2
United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service Smoking Cessation Programme
Hong Kong, Hong Kong