Development and Pilot Testing of a Multimodal Web-based Program to Address Heavy Drinking During Smoking Cessation
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Smoking Cessation, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology, Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 7/25/2018 |
| Start Date: | May 11, 2017 |
| End Date: | April 30, 2018 |
The overall objective of this project is to develop and pilot-test a web-based smoking
cessation program that specifically addresses heavy drinking (HD). The project builds upon a
well-established, free evidence-based smoking cessation website, BecomeAnEX.org ("EX"), which
is supported by Truth Initiative, a national non-profit public health organization, and its
research arm, the Schroeder Institute. Investigators will develop an alternative version of
BecomenAnEX that will include detailed content on alcohol's relation to smoking relapse,
health effects of alcohol (including moderate drinking recommendations) along with related
worksheets, feedback materials, and links to resources for drinking. Once a version of
BecomeAnEX is developed that specifically addresses HD (called EX-HD), the investigators will
conduct a one-arm open pilot of the site with 30 HD smokers recruited from newly registered
BecomeAnEX users. The study will gather participant feedback on the site as well as site use
metrics (e.g., number of logins, number of pages viewed, use of interactive components) and
will revise EX-HD in response to this feedback in preparation for Stage 1b work. Stage 1b
will use the updated EX-HD version to run a small scale randomized clinical trial where 120
participants will be randomly assigned to the standard version of BecomeAnEX or to EX-HD.
cessation program that specifically addresses heavy drinking (HD). The project builds upon a
well-established, free evidence-based smoking cessation website, BecomeAnEX.org ("EX"), which
is supported by Truth Initiative, a national non-profit public health organization, and its
research arm, the Schroeder Institute. Investigators will develop an alternative version of
BecomenAnEX that will include detailed content on alcohol's relation to smoking relapse,
health effects of alcohol (including moderate drinking recommendations) along with related
worksheets, feedback materials, and links to resources for drinking. Once a version of
BecomeAnEX is developed that specifically addresses HD (called EX-HD), the investigators will
conduct a one-arm open pilot of the site with 30 HD smokers recruited from newly registered
BecomeAnEX users. The study will gather participant feedback on the site as well as site use
metrics (e.g., number of logins, number of pages viewed, use of interactive components) and
will revise EX-HD in response to this feedback in preparation for Stage 1b work. Stage 1b
will use the updated EX-HD version to run a small scale randomized clinical trial where 120
participants will be randomly assigned to the standard version of BecomeAnEX or to EX-HD.
Inclusion Criteria:
1. current daily smoking of at least one cigarette per day
2. meeting NIAAA criteria for past month heavy or at-risk drinking (for women: drinking
8+ drinks per week or consuming 4+ drinks on one occasion at least once in the past
month; for men: drinking 15+ drinks per week or consuming 5+ drinks on one occasion at
least once in the past month)
3. age 18 or older
4. willingness to provide contact and mailing information following consent
Exclusion Criteria:
1. history of severe alcohol withdrawal as indicated by past alcohol-induced seizures or
delirium tremens;
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