A Digital Smoking Cessation Intervention for Helping American Indians and Alaska Natives Quit Smoking, IndigeQuit Trial (NCT06145763)
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
This clinical trial compares a new smoking cessation smartphone application (app) (IndigeQuit) to an existing smarphone app (National Cancer Institute \[NCI\] QuitGuide) for helping American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) quit smoking. Compared to other racial/ethnic groups, AIANs have 6 times higher rates of developing smoking-related cancers, including lung cancer. Commercial cigarette smoking accounts for half of all deaths among AIANs nationwide. AIANs' often lack of access to smoking cessation interventions, which may be due to inequities in the healthcare system, lack of health insurance, living in rural areas, systemic racism, and historical trauma. There is also a lack of effective smoking cessation interventions for AIANs. Smartphone apps have the potential to deliver a low-cost smoking cessation intervention with wide reach to AIANs. Apps require no in-person delivery and no provider training, do not require integration into complex hospital systems, can be freely accessed on an app store, and are available at any time and any place. IndigeQuit is a behavioral intervention designed to help adults stop smoking by teaching skills for coping with smoking urges, staying motivated, and preventing relapse. The IndigeQuit app intervention may be more effective than the currently available NCI QuitGuide app at helping AIANs quit smoking.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (14 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (6 items).
Location: Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium — Seattle, Washington
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently (i.e., within past 30 days) using other smoking cessation behavioral interventions
- Has participated in our prior research trials
- Has used the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) QuitGuide app
- Not willing to complete a follow-up survey at 3, 6, and 12 months post-randomization
- Not providing email, phone number(s), and mailing address
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)
- Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium — Seattle, Washington
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.