RECRUITING

Neuroimaging Approaches to Improve Prediction of Smoking Initiation and Nicotine Use Escalation Among Young Adult Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Users

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

180 young adult vapers who are not current smokers will participate in a baseline functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment, prospectively linked to a 1-year randomized controlled trial. Baseline fMRI tasks will probe critical neurocognitive markers with high potential to account for individual differences in nicotine use prognosis and responsiveness to anti-vaping public service announcements (PSAs). Participants will be assigned randomly to a survey-only control condition, or one of two intervention orders, Regular PSA then Flavor PSA, and Flavor PSA then Regular PSA (n=60 each) in a 1-year counterbalanced crossover design. Every week intervention groups will receive anti-vaping PSAs either do not specifically address harms associated with vaping flavors (regular PSAs) or PSAs with a theme focusing on the harms of flavored vape products (flavor PSAs). Participants of the intervention groups will switch PSA exposure condition after 6 months. Their evaluations of the PSAs will be assessed with brief weekly online surveys. The links to the weekly online surveys will be sent via e-mail and text which allow them to access the surveys using any device with an internet browser. During the survey, the PSA of that week will first be displayed to PSA groups (n=120), followed by a query to provide message evaluation. Afterward, the survey questions will also assess their e-cigarette, cigarette, other tobacco use, and nicotine dependence, during the past week. The control group (n=60) will complete the surveys without viewing PSAs. In-person assessments at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months will biochemically confirm nicotine exposure.

Official Title

Neuroimaging Approaches to Improve Prediction of Smoking Initiation and Nicotine Use Escalation Among Young Adult Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Users

Quick Facts

Study Start:2022-07-15
Study Completion:2025-07-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05447325

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years to 25 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * used e-cigarettes or other vaping devices at least 3 days during the past 30 days
  2. * did not smoke a cigarette, even one or two puffs, during the past 30 days
  3. * Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible and safe
  1. * used e-cigarettes or other vaping devices for less than 3 days during the past 30 days
  2. * any use of cigarettes during the past 30 days
  3. * history of a major neurological, psychiatric, or medical disorder
  4. * MRI contraindications

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Jiaying Liu, PhD
CONTACT
949-241-0652
jiaying.liu@uga.edu

Study Locations (Sites)

UGA Bio-imaging Research Center
Athens, Georgia, 30602
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: University of Georgia

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2022-07-15
Study Completion Date2025-07-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2022-07-15
Study Completion Date2025-07-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • health message intervention
  • randomized controlled trial

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Message Exposure (Sequence: Regular Then Flavor)
  • Message Exposure (Sequence: Flavor Then Regular)
  • No Message Exposure (Control Condition)