Cognitive and behavioural support for cigarette smokers trying to quit

The effect on current smokers motivated to quit smoking of cognitive and behavioural cessation support through text messages and education compared to education only on short- and long-term abstinence from cigarette smoking

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12611000325909

Acronym

COBS

Enrollment

288

Registered

2011-03-28

Start date

2011-05-05

Completion date

2013-02-15

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

A controlled clinical trial study design to study the efficacy, for smokers motivated to quit, of a cognitive and behavioural support program using mobile phones in addition to a traditional self-help quitting booklet to test the hypotheses that this intervention will increase short and long term smoking cessation.

Interventions

Randomly timed, plus incidental requested text messages, delivered by mobile phone devices; messages contain quit smoking advice and encouragement delivered daily for 1 week pre-quit and 4 weeks post-quit date. Plus Participants given a standard paper-based self-help quitting booklet from QUIT Tasmania containing advice and strategies for individuals who want to quit smoking.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used) (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Smoking > 10 cigarettes per day for the past 3 years; high motivation to quit smoking; ability to read and write English; willing to consent to and complete research tasks.

Exclusion criteria

Currently enrolled in a smoking cessation trial, or have been within the past 3 months; planning to use a smoking cessation pharmacotherapy (bupropion, varenicline, or nicotine replacement therapy) as part of a quit attempt within the next 6 months.

Outcome results