Kick-Nic! Youth Quit Vaping App

Part of paid clinical trials in New Haven, Connecticut.

Sponsor
Yale University
Study ID
NCT06662305
Phase
PHASE2
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Nicotine Vaping

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
13 Years - 19 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Kick-Nic! mobile phone application — BEHAVIORAL
    The Kick-Nic! app has seven modules that cover core CBT strategies using skills, graphic illustrations, and interactive components to help adolescents quit using e-cigarettes.
  • NCI Quit Vaping website — BEHAVIORAL
    The NCI webpage provides quitting tobacco resources for youth, including for e-cigarettes. The information provided is similar to the CBT skills modeled by the Kick-Nic! app.

Study Details

High school students who want to quit vaping will be randomized to receive the Kick-Nic! app or a control NCI website to determine the efficacy of the app for vaping cessation. Participants will be screened for eligibility, then go through an 8 week treatment period where they will be given access to use the Kick-Nic! app or referred to the NCI Quit Vaping website. This will be followed by 1, 2, 3, and 6 month follow up visits. Qualitative interviews with participants and school staff will also be conducted to obtain feedback on the app and best ways to implement/disseminate the app. Abstinence rates will be assessed biweekly during treatment including at end of treatment (EOT), and then at 1, 2, 3 and 6 month follow ups (FU). Biochemical verification (salivary cotinine \< 30 ng.ml) of self-reports of abstinence will be conducted at EOT and 6-month FU.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 16, 2025
Status verified
Jan 2026
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2029
Completion
Aug 31, 2029

Study Design

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

Arms

  • Experimental: ACTIVE
    Participants in the active group will be given access to the Kick-Nic! app to use for vaping cessation.
  • Active Comparator: CONTROL
    Participants in the control group will be referred to the NCI Quit Vaping website.

Primary Outcome Measure

Timeline Follow Back (self-report) with saliva cotinine (biochemical verification) at 6 month follow up. [ Time Frame: 6 month follow up study visit. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Yale University School of Medicine (Connecticut Mental Health Center)New HavenConnecticut06519
Thomas Liss
[email protected]
203-444-7545
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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