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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Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Centre on Smoking Cessation

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service Smoking Cessation Programme

Hong Kong, Hong Kong