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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN37111532
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Stop Smoking with Mobile Phones: Pilot study
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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TXT2STOP
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Serial number at source
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N/A
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Study hypothesis
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TXT2STOP is a pilot study for a trial of mobile phone text-messaging as an aid to support smoking cessation in young people in the UK.
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Ethical approval given by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) as this is a single site pilot study, dated 24/10/2005, reference number: 3077
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Study design
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Randomised controlled pilot study
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Smoking
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Aged 16 years and over, currently smoking cigarettes daily and interested in quitting, owner of a mobile phone and familiar with text messaging capabilities. Able to provide informed consent to participate in the study.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Does not match inclusion criteria
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Anticipated start date
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18/04/2006
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Anticipated end date
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30/09/2006
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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https://www.txt2stop.org/participant_info.html
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Target number of participants
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200
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Interventions
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The intervention group will be encouraged to set a quit date within 14 days of randomisation. Five messages per day will be sent in the first five weeks after randomisation. The control group will receive fortnightly messages on the most well known health dangers of smoking.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Self-reported abstinence at six months post randomisation. Verified by salivary cotinine testing using a cut-off of 7 ng/ml of cotinine.
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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At four weeks: point prevalence of smoking (as per National Health Service [NHS] standard reporting).
At six months: 28-day continuous abstinence, involvement in any vehicle crashes (these are the only rare adverse health effects of using a mobile phone)
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Sources of funding
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Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
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Trial website
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http://www.txt2stop.org
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Publications
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2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19318534
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Contact name
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Dr
Caroline
Free
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Address
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Nutrition and Public Health Research Interventions Unit
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Keppel Street
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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WC1E 7HT
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7958 8109
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Fax
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+44 (0)20 7958 8111
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Email
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caroline.free@lshtm.ac.uk
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Sponsor
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (UK)
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Address
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Keppel Street
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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HA5 ITY
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.lshtm.ac.uk
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Date applied
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05/04/2006
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Last edited
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06/08/2010
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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13/06/2006
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