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C-Raven, a Virtual Tobacco Cessation Intervention in the Community

Description

In low-income housing units in Baltimore, the investigators propose to conduct a pilot two-arm hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation RCT comparing a) an avatar-delivered computerized intervention (CI) for tobacco cessation augmented with CHW support and navigation to lung cancer screening to b) a waitlist control. With a sample of participants from public housing units (N=30), the investigators will collect data on feasibility of recruitment, intervention engagement and completion, and short-term smoking cessation outcomes. Individuals will be assessed at baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months. At the 3-month time point, the investigators will conduct interviews with a subset of pilot participants to collect qualitative data on intervention acceptability.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

In low-income housing units in Baltimore, the investigators propose to conduct a pilot two-arm hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation RCT comparing a) an avatar-delivered computerized intervention (CI) for tobacco cessation augmented with CHW support and navigation to lung cancer screening to b) a waitlist control. With a sample of participants from public housing units (N=30), the investigators will collect data on feasibility of recruitment, intervention engagement and completion, and short-term smoking cessation outcomes. Individuals will be assessed at baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months. At the 3-month time point, the investigators will conduct interviews with a subset of pilot participants to collect qualitative data on intervention acceptability.

C-Raven: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of an Avatar-delivered Computerized Intervention for Tobacco Cessation With Community Health Worker Linkage to Lung Cancer Screening in Baltimore City

C-Raven, a Virtual Tobacco Cessation Intervention in the Community

Condition
Tobacco Dependence
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age 50 or older Current tobacco use with \>100 cigarettes smoked in their lifetime
  • * English speaking (intervention currently in English only and housing units are in largely English-speaking neighborhoods)
  • * Considering smoking cessation
  • * Planning to remain in current housing unit for 9 months
  • * Current use of pharmacological treatment for tobacco cessation
  • * Contraindication to nicotine replacement therapy
  • * Current engagement in formal smoking cessation program
  • * Major cognitive or psychiatric impairment
  • * Severe hearing impairment
  • * Investigator discretion

Ages Eligible for Study

50 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins University,

Alejandra Ellison-Barnes, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Study Record Dates

2025-06