Behavioral Intervention for Youth to Promote Vaping Cessation

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Study ID
NCT06765291
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Nicotine Dependence
  • Vaping
  • Vaping Teens

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
14 Years - 18 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • QuitVaping — BEHAVIORAL
    QuitVaping is a manualized intervention based on the American Lung Association smoking cessation program modified with adolescent appropriate content and language for vaping cessation from the vaping section of teen.smokefree.gov and the Truth Initiative. These behavioral support sessions will be delivered weekly during the 12-week treatment phase via videoconference or in- person.
  • This is Quitting (TIQ) — BEHAVIORAL
    A free, publicly available text message vaping cessation program from Truth Initiative, designed specifically to help adolescents who vape nicotine quit. Participants who set a quit date receive messages for a week preceding it and 30 days afterward that include encouragement and support, skill- and self-efficacy building exercises, coping strategies, and information about the risks of vaping, benefits of quitting and cutting down to quit.

Study Details

This study will test the hypothesis that the QuitVaping (QV) intervention and additional texting support will improve nicotine abstinence rates in adolescents as compared to Enhanced Usual Care (EUC: education about nicotine, vaping and addiction, advice to quit vaping, referral to TIQ texting support). Approximately 400 adolescents will be randomly assigned to one of two arms (1) QuitVaping intervention plus texting support to quit vaping and (2) EUC only.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 18, 2025
Status verified
Oct 2025
Primary completion
Mar 29, 2028
Completion
Sep 27, 2028

Study Design

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

Arms

  • Experimental: QuitVaping (QV)
    Participants will: * Attend QuitVaping behavioral support sessions, completed via videoconference or in-person, once per week for 12 weeks * Be encouraged to sign up for This is Quitting (TIQ), a text message vaping cessation program for adolescents
  • Active Comparator: Enhanced Usual Care (EUC)
    Participants will: * Be encouraged to sign up for This is Quitting (TIQ), a text message vaping cessation program for adolescents * Attend no behavioral support sessions

Primary Outcome Measure

Continuous 4-week nicotine vaping abstinence at end of treatment [ Time Frame: From week 9 to week 12 ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Addiction Medicine, 101 Merrimac Street, Suite 320, Boston, MA 02114BostonMassachusetts02114
Julia Jashinski, MSW
[email protected]
617-643-1984
A. Eden Evins, MD, MPH (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Randi M. Schuster, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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