Vaping prevention program put to the test in middle schools
NCT ID NCT04843501
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a program called CATCH My Breath to see if it could delay or prevent e-cigarette use in middle school students. About 1,400 students from 20 schools took part, with half getting the program and half receiving standard health lessons. Researchers tracked how many students started using e-cigarettes over three years.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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2,059 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2020
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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10 to 15 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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School Inclusion Criteria: * enrollment of at least 70 students in each of the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades * school location is 100 miles of research site School Exclusion Criteria: * schools that have participated in the previous 2 pilot tests * currently implementing CMB Student Inclusion Criteria: * enrollment in the 6th grade at a study school * willingness to complete the measurements six times during the study Student Exclusion Criteria: \- severe disabilities that limit their participation Parent Inclusion Criteria: * ability to communicate in English or Spanish * caretaker of a 6th-grade child. Parent Exclusion Criteria: -inability to communicate in English or Spanish
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health at Austin
Austin, Texas, 78701, United States
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