Recruiting

Text Message & Incentives

Sponsor:

University of Kansas Medical Center

Code:

NCT07420621

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Pregnancy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Text Messages

Incentives

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study is a preliminary evaluation of a smoking cessation intervention designed for pregnant women that combines text message support and financial incentives.

The aims of this study are to determine the preliminary feasibility and acceptability of text message + incentives (intervention) vs. text message only (control).

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Pregnancy

Study ID

NCT07420621

Start date

Apr 9, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Jan 29, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 23, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant women aged: 18+
  • Enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for women, Infants, and Children (WIC) or Medicaid (or applied/applying)
  • Self-reported current daily smokers
  • Able to communicate in English
  • Access to a mobile phone capable of receiving text messages

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not at all interested in quitting
  • Smoke less than 24 days in the past month
  • Greater than 30 weeks gestation

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Text Messaging + Incentives

Participants in this arm will receive a combination of text messages designed to support smoking cessation and escalating financial incentives contingent on biochemically-verified smoking abstinence (exhaled carbon monoxide).

active comparator: Text Messaging Only

Participants in this arm will receive the same text messaging program as in Arm 1, but without the financial incentives contingent on abstinence.

Interventions

Text Messages

Intervention Component - Text messages (SmokeFreeTXT library with pregnancy related messages) participants will receive scheduled messages to support quitting and prevent relapse.

Incentives

Incentives for abstinence - Weeks 1-4; 8; 12: Twice daily CO assessments with verification sent via text-message. Participants will receive daily incentives ranging each day of smoking abstinence.

Primary outcome measure

  • Feasibility of Intervention [ Time Frame: 12 weeks post-randomization ]
  • Smoking Abstinence [ Time Frame: 12 weeks post-randomization ]
  • Acceptability of Intervention [ Time Frame: 12 weeks post-randomization ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

University of Kansas Medical Center

Recruiting

Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160

Contacts

Taneisha Scheuermann, PhD

913-588-2641tscheuermann@kumc.edu

Principal Investigator:

Taneisha Scheuermann, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Kansas Medical Center

Last update posted

Jul 8, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • Smoking Cessation
  • Maternal Health

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 Kansas Medical Center on 2026-07-08.