A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Financial Incentives, Text Messaging, and Usual Care for Homeless Smokers

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

83

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2015

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2016

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2016

Conditions
Smoking
Interventions
DRUG

Transdermal nicotine patch

"* ≥10 cigarettes per day: nicotine 21mg/24hr patch daily x 6 weeks, then nicotine 14mg/24hr patch daily x 2 weeks~* \<10 cigarettes per day: nicotine 14mg/24hr patch daily x 8 weeks"

BEHAVIORAL

In-person smoking cessation counseling

\- One-on-one 15-minute counseling sessions once per week for 8 weeks

BEHAVIORAL

Contingent financial rewards for smoking abstinence

\- Escalating-value financial rewards for smoking abstinence, verified by exhaled carbon monoxide \<8ppm

BEHAVIORAL

Text messages to support smoking abstinence

\- 1-5 text messages per day starting up to 2 weeks before the quit date and continuing until 6 weeks after the quit date, delivered by SmokefreeTXT

Trial Locations (1)

02118

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

lead

Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER

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