Tobacco Cessation Texting Intervention for People Living With HIV Who Smoke in Vietnam

Part of paid clinical trials in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Study ID
NCT05863923
Status
Enrolling By Invitation

Conditions

  • Tobacco Cessation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • mHealth Messaging to Motivate Quitline use and Quitting among Persons Living With HIV (PLWH) in Vietnam (M2Q2-HIV) — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants in the intervention group will be exposed to the texting intervention through a series of culturally tailored assessments and motivational text messages from the text messaging system sent throughout the 6 months of duration of the study.
  • M2Q2-HIV Comparison — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants in the comparison group will be exposed to a brief set of five texts with facts about smoking risks and assessment messages that are not culturally tailored from the text messaging system.

Study Details

The intersection of smoking and HIV/AIDS poses a serious public health threat in Vietnam. Vietnam is dealing with these two challenges with parallel rather than integrated plans. Using a computer-tailored texting intervention, study investigators seek to promote the use of an underused, available, government-funded resource (the Quitline) and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) that the quitline provides, thus, promoting cessation among PLWH.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 17, 2023
Status verified
Jul 2025
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2026
Completion
Aug 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
600 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention
    The M2Q2-HIV intervention includes 3 functions: 1) Extended CHW services, 2) M2Q2 computer-tailored peer messaging, and 3) texting facilitation to quitline use and the quitline intervention. Our goals are to promote the use of an underused, available, government-funded resource for public health (quitline) and NRT that the quitline provides, thus promoting smoking cessation among PLWH.
  • Active Comparator: Comparison
    Comparison smokers will receive five brief "risk of smoking" texts as minimal texting intervention, to enhance blinding to knowledge of randomization group.

Primary Outcome Measure

Smoking Cessation Rate [ Time Frame: At 6 months post-randomization ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
UMass Chan Medical SchoolWorcesterMassachusetts01605-

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