Adaptation and Testing of a Novel Text-based Tobacco Cessation and Education Intervention in Kenyan Emergency Department Patients

Sponsor
Yale University
Study ID
NCT07734727
Status
Not Yet Recruiting

Notify me when recruiting opens

Save your spot on the interest list for this study. We'll keep your details with this study so our team can follow up when recruiting opens.

Not yet recruiting

Add your contact details and location so we can keep your interest tied to this study.

Conditions

  • Tobacco Use
  • Tobacco Use Cessation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Text2Quit-Kenya — OTHER
    A text message-based mHealth tool addressing tobacco cessation. The program is organized around automated, bidirectional text messages timed for a user's quit date. Messages based on social cognitive theory prompt users to track smoking, report on cravings and on smoking status.

Study Details

In this study, investigators will adapt and implement Text2Quit in a Kenyan ED population will increase knowledge and cessation. Investigators will use a mixed-methods, hybrid implementation-effectiveness approach to assess these outcomes. Results will inform a randomized, controlled trial in a nationally representative sample of EDs in future. This study will be the first to target tobacco use in this population, the first to use mobile cessation, and will contribute to advancing implementation science on tobacco cessation globally. It will also provide a novel approach to implementation for mHealth interventions, with findings that can be generalized to other Non-Communicable Diseases and risk factors, such as alcohol use, hypertension and diabetes.

Key Dates

First listed
Jul 29, 2026
Start date
Aug 31, 2026
Status verified
Aug 2026
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2028
Completion
Jun 30, 2028

Study Design

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

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Text2Quit Kenya
    Participants will receive the Text2Quit intervention
  • No Intervention: Control
    Standard of care

Primary Outcome Measure

Text2Quit Survey to assess efficacy [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 Month post intervention ]

Central Contacts

Related Studies