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ArticleTrials2019

Tobacco cessation mobile app intervention (Just Kwit! study): protocol for a pilot randomized controlled pragmatic trial.

Kar-Hai Chu, César G Escobar-Viera, Sara J Matheny, Esa M Davis, Brian A Primack

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Article in Trials, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03538678 (Just Kwit), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Just Kwit: Mobile Intervention for Tobacco Cessation

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of PittsburghRan2018 to 2019Enrolled40ConditionsSmoking CessationArmsKwit smartphone app
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kar-Hai ChuUniversity of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. chuk@pitt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2486-8846
César G Escobar-VieraUniversity of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Sara J MathenyUniversity of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Esa M DavisUniversity of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
Brian A PrimackUniversity of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.

Funding

Leveraging mobile applications to maximize tobacco cessationK07CA222338 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHU, KAR-HAI · 2018 to 2021
$585k
Social Media Use and Depression Outcomes among U.S. Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young AdultsK99MD012813 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ESCOBAR-VIERA, CÉSAR GABRIEL · 2018 to 2019
$275k
AHRQ HHS K12 HS022989AHRQ HHS K12HS022989NCI NIH HHS K07 CA222338NCI NIH HHS K07CA222338NIMHD NIH HHS K99 MD012813
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdolescence and young adulthood are critical times of initiation and progression to daily use of tobacco. However, it is difficult to recruit young adults to traditional smoking cessation and retention rates are typically low. Smartphone cessation applications (apps) can provide real-time responses to smoking urges and related cues, which are known to be important factors in lapse and relapse. Given the popularity of smartphones among young adults and the considerably higher download rates of commercially developed apps compared to research-based apps, there is a need to design pragmatic studies that evaluate commercial tobacco cessation apps. The aims of this pilot study are to assess the impact on tobacco cessation of using a smartphone app compared with usual care and to generate feasibility data to inform a future fully powered clinical trial.

methodsWe will conduct an open randomized controlled trial with parallel groups. Participants will be selected from hospitalized patients and must be aged 18-30 years, interested in cessation, smoked > 5 cigarettes/day over the past 30 days, and own an Apple or Android smartphone. Participants who are eligible will be randomized to either a smartphone experimental group or patient-initiated follow up (usual care). As this study seeks to assess feasibility, the primary data will include (1) recruitment rates, (2) retention rates, and (3) adherence, measured through user engagement with the app. DISCUSSION: This pilot trial will be the first to evaluate a commercially available smartphone app for tobacco cessation in a hospitalized setting. Data generated by this study can be used for larger fully powered trials such as comparative effectiveness studies against apps developed by academics or health scientists based on behavioral theories, or cost-effectiveness analyses of mobile interventions.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03538678 . Registered on 28 May 2018.

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Health BehaviorMobile ApplicationsSmartphoneAdolescentAdultCravingFeasibility StudiesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMotivationPennsylvaniaPilot ProjectsPragmatic Clinical Trials as TopicRecurrenceSmartphoneSmoking cessationTobaccoYoung adult

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PMID30808389
PMCPMC6390617

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