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Smartphone app "Smiling instead of Smoking" (SiS) Version 3 for Social Smoking

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Bettina Hoeppner, Ph.D., M.S.
Research Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to 24 weeks post quit day
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether a new smartphone app (SiS) can help people quit smoking, compared to the current best app (QG) or just receiving usual care (TAU).

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~up to 24 weeks post quit day
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 24 weeks post quit day for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Smoking Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SEQ)
Secondary outcome measures
Actual app usage (SiS and QG only)
App usability ratings (SiS and QG only)
Appreciation
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Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: SiSExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will be onboarded (remotely) to the smartphone app "Smiling instead of Smoking" (SiS), and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks while they quit smoking.
Group II: CTAExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will be onboarded (remotely) to the NCI brochure "Clearing the Air" (CTA), and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks while they quit smoking.
Group III: QGActive Control1 Intervention
Participants will be onboarded (remotely) to the smartphone app "QuitGuide" (QG), and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks while they quit smoking.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Smartphone app "Smiling instead of Smoking" (SiS) Version 3
2021
N/A
~230
Brochure "Clearing the Air" (CTA)
2021
N/A
~230

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Massachusetts General HospitalLead Sponsor
2,928 Previous Clinical Trials
13,198,127 Total Patients Enrolled
Bettina Hoeppner, Ph.D., M.S.Principal InvestigatorMassachusetts General Hospital

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there any openings available to partake in this experiment?

"As seen on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical trial is not currently open to participants. The original posting of the study was on January 28th 2021 and it has been updated as recently as September 3rd 2022. However, there are other trials looking for volunteers at this time."

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Recent research and studies
Evaluation and Program PlanningJournal
Assessment of Client/patient Satisfaction: Development of a General Scale
Larsen, Daniel L., C.Clifford Attkisson, William A. Hargreaves, and Tuan D. Nguyen. 1979. “Assessment of Client/patient Satisfaction: Development of a General Scale”. Evaluation and Program Planning. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/0149-7189(79)90094-6.
AddictionJournal
Development and Validation of a Scale Measuring Self-efficacy of Current and Former Smokers
Etter, Jean-François, Manfred Max Bergman, Jean-Paul Humair, and Thomas V. Perneger. 2000. “Development and Validation of a Scale Measuring Self-efficacy of Current and Former Smokers”. Addiction. Wiley. doi:10.1046/j.1360-0443.2000.9569017.x.
Journal of PersonalityJournal
Appreciation: Individual Differences in Finding Value and Meaning as a Unique Predictor of Subjective Well-being
Adler, Mitchel G., and N. S. Fagley. 2005. “Appreciation: Individual Differences in Finding Value and Meaning as a Unique Predictor of Subjective Well-being”. Journal of Personality. Wiley. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2004.00305.x.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
A Proof-of-concept RCT of Version 3.0 of the Smoking Cessation Smartphone App "Smiling Instead of Smoking" (SiS)
Bettina B. Hoeppner 2021. "A Proof-of-concept RCT of Version 3.0 of the Smoking Cessation Smartphone App "Smiling Instead of Smoking" (SiS)". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04672239.
~55 spots leftby Apr 2025
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