Kick-Nic! Youth Quit Vaping App

Description

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.

Conditions

Nicotine Vaping

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Study overview

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.

Vaping Cessation Among Youth: Evaluating the Kick-Nic! App

Kick-Nic! Youth Quit Vaping App

Condition
Nicotine Vaping
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

New Haven

Yale University School of Medicine (Connecticut Mental Health Center), New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06519

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.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. high school aged youth (13-19 years old),
  • 2. regular current (past month) e-cig users using nicotine-containing e-cigs at least 1 day/week.
  • 3. want to quit using e-cigarettes.
  • 4. have a smartphone with data/WIFI plan in order to access and utilize the KickNic! app
  • * Those who have non-stable (\<2 months) use of anxiolytics, antidepressants, and other psychostimulants or have a history of psychosis or any significant current psychiatric/medical condition that would increase risk will be excluded.

Ages Eligible for Study

13 Years to 19 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Yale University,

Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Yale University School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry

Study Record Dates

2029-08-31