Clinical trial · Interventional
A Behavioral Application for Improving Smoking Cessation Among Smokers
Actify! An mHealth Mood Management Tool to Improve Population-Level Smoking Cessation
NCT07493252CI-TRIAL-00121572not yet recruitingN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This clinical trial compares two smartphone applications, called Actify! (A \& B) for improving smoking cessation outcomes in individuals who smoke. Actify! A is an app grounded in behavioral activation therapy, an evidence-based treatment for depression that can also be used to modify health behaviors such as smoking. The Actify! B app provides evidence-based tobacco cessation strategies based on current clinical guidelines.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma | Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Promotion and Education | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Smartphone app-based Intervention (Actify! A app) | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Smartphone app-based Intervention (Actify! B app) | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Survey Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm I (Actify! A app)
- description
- Participants use the Actify! app, which helps users identify personal values and meaningful activities, prompts users to schedule and complete meaningful activities, visualizes progress towards meeting activity and smoking-related goals, and provides tailored messages, resources, daily tips, personalized feedback, inspirational messages, and user stories, for 8 weeks on study.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Smartphone app-based Intervention (Actify! A app)
- Other: Health Promotion and Education
- Other: Survey Administration
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm II (Actify! B app)
- description
- Participants use an app, which contains quit advice, tools for tracking smokefree days, progress and cravings, guidance on preparing to quit, managing cravings and withdrawal, recovering from slips, and a mood management feature, for 8 weeks on study.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Smartphone app-based Intervention (Actify! B app)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 or older * Currently smoke, averaging at least 5 cigarettes/day for the last 30 days * Interested in quitting smoking in the next 30 days * Experience downloading and using one or more apps on their smartphone * Either screens negative for depression (Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 item \[PHQ-9\] score 0-4; n = 906) or screens positive for mild to moderately severe current depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 score 5-19; n = 906) * Willing and able to complete all study activities and to receive compensation by mail * Comfortable reading and writing in English * Have a mobile data plan and/or access to WiFi to support the use of the assigned app * Reside in the United States (US) * Willing to provide information for an emergency contact in case of serious concerns about the participant's physical or mental health Exclusion Criteria: * Self-report of currently receiving behavioral treatment for depression (e.g., psychotherapy or counseling, web- or app-based interventions); current use of pharmacotherapy for depression or for other mental health conditions that are not otherwise excluded is allowable (e.g., benzodiazepines, anticonvulsants, opioid agonists, antipsychotics) * Severe depression (PHQ-9 ≥ 20) * Current suicidal ideation reported on the PHQ-9 * History of a suicide attempt * Self-reported lifetime diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, antisocial personality disorder, or borderline personality disorder; or self-reported lifetime diagnosis of an alcohol or drug use disorder with use of the substance(s) in the past 30 days * Currently receiving other smoking cessation treatments, including pharmacotherapies (nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion, or varenicline) and behavioral interventions (e.g. quitline counseling, other digital health programs), but excluding electronic (e)-cigarettes/vaping * Previous use of the QuitGuide program * Employees/family of investigator or study center * Member of the same household as another participant * Woman who is pregnant or breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant * Having a Google voice number as their primary phone number (due to association with fraudulent study entry attempts in our previous work) * Currently incarcerated * Participated in earlier studies to develop the Actify! app
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