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Note: This record shows only 22 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register. |
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Register:
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Last refreshed on:
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13 January 2015 |
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Main ID: |
ISRCTN37111532 |
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Date of registration:
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13/06/2006 |
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Prospective Registration:
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Public title:
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Stop Smoking with Mobile Phones: Pilot study
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Date of first enrolment:
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18/04/2006 |
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Target sample size:
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200 |
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Recruitment status: |
Completed |
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URL:
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http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN37111532 |
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Study type:
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Interventional |
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Study design:
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Randomised controlled pilot study (Treatment)
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Contacts
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Affiliation:
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Name:
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Caroline
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Address:
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Nutrition and Public Health Research Interventions Unit
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Keppel Street
WC1E 7HT
London
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+44 (0)20 7958 8109 |
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Email:
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caroline.free@lshtm.ac.uk |
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Aged 16 years and over, currently smoking cigarettes daily and interested in quitting, owner of a mobile phone and familiar with text messaging capabilities. Able to provide informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria: Does not match inclusion criteria
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Gender:
Both
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
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Smoking
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Smoking
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Intervention(s)
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The intervention group will be encouraged to set a quit date within 14 days of randomisation. Five messages per day will be sent in the first five weeks after randomisation. The control group will receive fortnightly messages on the most well known health dangers of smoking.
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Primary Outcome(s)
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Self-reported abstinence at six months post randomisation. Verified by salivary cotinine testing using a cut-off of 7 ng/ml of cotinine.
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Secondary Outcome(s)
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At four weeks: point prevalence of smoking (as per National Health Service [NHS] standard reporting).
At six months: 28-day continuous abstinence, involvement in any vehicle crashes (these are the only rare adverse health effects of using a mobile phone)
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
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Results
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