Kick-Nic! Youth Quit Vaping App

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-19
SponsorYale University

About this trial

High school students who want to quit vaping will be randomized to receive the Kick-Nic! app or a control NCI website to determine the efficacy of the app for vaping cessation. Participants will be screened for eligibility, then go through an 8 week treatment period where they will be given access to use the Kick-Nic! app or referred to the NCI Quit Vaping website. This will be followed by 1, 2, 3, and 6 month follow up visits. Qualitative interviews with participants and school staff will also be conducted to obtain feedback on the app and best ways to implement/disseminate the app.

Abstinence rates will be assessed biweekly during treatment including at end of treatment (EOT), and then at 1, 2, 3 and 6 month follow ups (FU). Biochemical verification (salivary cotinine \< 30 ng.ml) of self-reports of abstinence will be conducted at EOT and 6-month FU.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

high school aged youth (13-19 years old),

regular current (past month) e-cig users using nicotine-containing e-cigs at least 1 day/week.

want to quit using e-cigarettes.

have a smartphone with data/WIFI plan in order to access and utilize the KickNic! app

Disqualifiers

Those who have non-stable (<2 months) use of anxiolytics, antidepressants, and other psychostimulants or have a history of psychosis or any significant current psychiatric/medical condition that would increase risk will be excluded.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Kick-Nic! mobile phone application
  • NCI Quit Vaping website

Treatment groups

306 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Yale University

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator