Text messages plus small incentives to help pregnant women quit smoking

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This interventional study compares supportive text-message coaching combined with contingent financial incentives to a text-message only program for pregnant women who smoke daily. Eligible participants are adults (18+) enrolled in or applying for WIC or Medicaid, under 30 weeks' gestation, English-speaking, and able to receive texts on a mobile phone. The primary aims are to determine preliminary feasibility and acceptability of the combined approach and to verify smoking abstinence with methods designed to reduce in-person visits. The long-term goal is to create a scalable, low-burden intervention to reduce tobacco use and improve maternal and birth outcomes among low-income pregnant women.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

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

Where it's running

• University of Kansas Medical Center
  Kansas City, Kansas, United States Recruiting

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.