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Smokefree.Gov Website in Helping United States Federal Employees Quit Smoking

Evaluation of the Impact of a Bulletin Board on a Web-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00245076
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2005-10-27
Start date
2005-04-30
Completion date
2007-10-31
Last updated
2015-05-01

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Conditions

Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Keywords

unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific

Brief summary

RATIONALE: Stop-smoking information on the smokefree.gov website may help people quit smoking and remain a nonsmoker. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well the smokefree.gov website works with an electronic bulletin board in helping United States federal employees quit smoking.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the perception of utility of the current, publicly accessible version of the smokefree.gov website and the addition of an electronic bulletin board and its features, including open-ended comments, in promoting smoking cessation among United States federal employees who are currently smokers. * Determine the use of this tool, in terms of average length of time spent on the website, number of page clicks, most popular page clicks, and key interest areas, among these participants. * Determine the changes in smoking habits, in terms of smoking reduction and short- and long-term abstinence, among these participants. OUTLINE: This is an open-label study. Participants are encouraged to use the smokefree.gov website as frequently as needed for support and resources while trying to quit smoking and become, and remain, nonsmokers. Participants are invited to provide feedback on the usefulness of self-help guidelines and several other tools. Participants complete questionnaires evaluating the website at study entry and at 1, 3, and 6 months after study entry. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 4,200 participants will be accrued for this study.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALsmoking cessation intervention
OTHERinternet-based intervention

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Lead SponsorNIH

Study design

Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Currently smokes \> 1 cigarette daily by self reporting * Planning to quit smoking in the next 90 days by self reporting * Must be a federal employee or federally employed PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Performance status * Not specified Life expectancy * Not specified Hematopoietic * Not specified Hepatic * Not specified Renal * Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Any prior or concurrent therapy allowed

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Abstinence for 7 consecutive days and 24 hours at 1, 3, and 6 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Visits to the website after registration at 1, 3, and 6 months
Satisfaction with the website at 1, 3, and 6 months

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026