Recruiting

Chatbot

Sponsor:

University of Minnesota

Code:

NCT07301151

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 21+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

chatbot

no chatbot

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this randomized study is to assess if a conversational agent (or chatbot) that the investigators have developed to help with quitting smoking is acceptable to people trying to quit smoking and to also collect initial information regarding its effectiveness.

In this study, some participants trying to quit smoking will be provided with this chatbot while other participants will not be

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction

Study ID

NCT07301151

Start date

Jun 11, 2026

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Jun 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 11, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 21+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Identify as Black or African American
  • Be at least 21 years of age
  • Meet a minimum smoking amount
  • Be willing to make a quit attempt in the next 30 days
  • Have a smartphone capable of downloading and running the study app
  • Be able to upload data from the app
  • Agree to receive text message reminders about study activities
  • Be a native English speaker
  • Reside in Minnesota.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Medicinal nicotine use would require careful monitoring by a healthcare professional
  • Medical condition or medication used likely to significantly interfere with study outcomes or to be significantly affected by changes in smoking behavior
  • Are pregnant or breastfeeding

Study Design

Enrollment

120 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: chatbot assisted smoking trigger management

active comparator: control group

Interventions

chatbot

a chatbot will alert during predicted high risk smoking times and suggest approaches to manage potential smoking triggers

no chatbot

no chatbot is provided

Primary outcome measure

  • Feasibility of trial procedures [ Time Frame: 1 day ]
  • Feasibility of study procedures [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]
  • Health Information Technology Usability Evaluation Scale (Health-ITUES) [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Sheena Study Coordinator

612-626-5981gahmx008@umn.edu

Locations

University of Minnesota

Recruiting

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455

More Information

Sponsor

University of Minnesota

Last update posted

Jun 24, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Keywords

  • cigarette smoking
  • chatbot

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-15. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Minnesota on 2026-06-24.