# Text Messaging to Engage and Retain Veterans in Smoking Cessation Counseling

> **NCT03177265** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **VA Office of Research and Development** · enrollment: 432 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Nicotine Dependence

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Text messaging prior to first counseling call
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Text-to-Enhance
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Mail Notice
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Telephone Counseling

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03177265
- **Lead sponsor:** VA Office of Research and Development
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-11-08
- **Primary completion:** 2021-11-01
- **Final completion:** 2021-11-01
- **Target enrollment:** 432 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-11-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03177265

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03177265, "Text Messaging to Engage and Retain Veterans in Smoking Cessation Counseling". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03177265. Licensed CC0.

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