Peer-to-peer Tobacco and ENDS Prevention

Peer-to-peer Social Media Diffusion of Tobacco and ENDS Use Prevention Messages

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03491865

Acronym

PPSM

Enrollment

Registered

2018-04-09

Start date

2018-09-01

Completion date

2021-05-31

Last updated

2019-09-11

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Conditions

Substance Use

Brief summary

In Phase I, the REAL media Plus prototype will be developed and a usability test conducted among students and teachers. In Phase II a group randomized trial will be conducted among 27 high schools to evaluate the effects of REAL media Plus on smoking and vaping.

Detailed description

In Phase I, participants will participate in pilot and usability tests of the curriculum prototype. For the pilot test, teachers and students will use the curriculum prototype and then be interviewed about it. For the usability test, students and teachers will use the revised curriculum and be interviewed/complete short survey. Teachers will provide consent and students will have parental consent and their own assent. In Phase II, a group randomized trial will be conducted during Spring semester 2020 among 9th grade student in 27 high schools in the Hillsborough County Public School system randomly assigned to treatment and control (14 treatment and 13 control). All students will complete a pretest survey. Students in two health classes in treatments schools will participate in the REAL media Plus curriculum and complete a short immediate posttest survey to rate their experience. All students will then complete two posttests. Students will have parental consent and provide their own assent.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALREAL media Plus curriculum

REAL media Plus is a 7-level, interactive, self-paced, e-learning media literacy curriculum to prevent youth smoking and vaping use.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

13 Years to 16 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Attendance at participating schools; 9th grade student status (for student participants, both phase 1 and 2); status as a teacher/counselor (for phase 1); written parental consent and assent from students (phase 1 and 2); written consent from counselors/teachers (phase 1); and all individuals must be willing to participate.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Smoking and Vaping Use	Change in llifetime (e.g., ever tried) use from baseline to 9 months post baseline	Change in 5-item Lifetime Substance Use Measure Self reported lifetime use of (e.g., whether you ever tried) cigarettes and vaping. Response options include Yes and No.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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