Recruiting

Peer SupportParents Helping Parents for Youth Vaping Cessation

Sponsor:

University of Nebraska

Code:

NCT07207850

Conditions

Implementation Science

Engagement, Patient

E Cigarette Use

Peer Support

Vaping Teens

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 15 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Parents Helping Parents program

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this randomized controlled study is to test if this new intervention works to help adolescents quit vaping. A key feature of the program is the use of peer support for parents, delivered by trained parent coaches. Participants will complete baseline and follow up surveys. Parents in the intervention arm will receive peer support as part of the program.

Conditions

Implementation Science

Engagement, Patient

E Cigarette Use

Peer Support

Vaping Teens

Study ID

NCT07207850

Start date

May 18, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Aug 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 31, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 15 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

ADOLESCENT INCLUSION:

15-18
Report vaping in the previous 30 days
English literacy

PARENT INCLUSION:

Biological, adoptive, stepparents, or adult guardian of adolescent participating
Have face-to-face contact with the adolescent at least one day per week during the study period
Access to a computer or mobile phone at home
Interested in helping adolescent quit e-cigarette/vape use

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Control Group

Participants in this arm will not receive the PhP-VX treatment.

experimental: Test Group - PHP-VX Program

Participants in this arm will receive the PhP-VX program.

Interventions

Parents Helping Parents program

Our innovative vaping cessation program will include two key components: 1) online training for parents and their offspring, and 2) parent-helping-parent coach sessions. Parents and children in the control setting will receive no treatments during the intervention (Baseline to Month 3). Dyads will be provided online training materials at the end of the study.

Primary outcome measure

7-day point prevalence abstinence [ Time Frame: Baseline and Follow ups (1 month, 3 months, 6 months) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Daisy Dai, PhD

402-559-5907 daisy.dai@unmc.edu

Locations

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Recruiting

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198-4375

Contacts

Daisy Dai, PhD

4025595907 daisy.dai@unmc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Nebraska

Last update posted

Sep 1, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

Vaping
Tobacco
vaping cessation
Parent support
adolescent vaping

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Nebraska on 2026-09-01.