Texts boost quitting: new study tests simple approach
NCT ID NCT06456242
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether text message reminders and rewards could help people who smoke to stick with their quitline counseling and take their medication. Twenty adults who smoked daily took part. They received a prescription for a stop-smoking drug and were referred to a quitline, plus got text-based support for 12 weeks. The goal was to see if this approach is practical and helps people complete counseling calls and take their medicine.
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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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- 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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Smoked in the past 30 days * Smoke at least 1 cigarette per day when they smoke * ≥ 18 years old * Kansas resident * Speak/read English * Access to a mobile phone * Mobile phone receives text messages * No varenicline contraindications (no acute renal impairment) * Insurance coverage for varenicline * Have no significant co-morbidity (i.e., life-threatening illness, communication barriers or altered mental status) * Cognitively able to participate * Physically able to participate * Not pregnant/breastfeeding Exclusion Criteria: * Medically ineligible for varenicline * Patient on smoking cessation medication within 2 weeks of admission date * Patient already talked to quitline in the past 2 weeks. * Patients participating in other quit smoking program or research study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, 66103, United States
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