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Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Design: A nonconcurrent multiple baseline across participants design. Three phases were included: Baseline, EC, and EC + CM. Half the participants received the EC phase following baseline; the other half received EC + CM following baseline Recruitment: Community Setting: Set‐up meetings occurred at the University of Florida Behavioral Health and Technology Research Clinic, USA Study start date/Study end date: Not specified. |
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Participants | Total N: 12 Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria:
58.3% women; mean age 37.5; mean cpd 16.25; mean FTND 5 Motivated to quit: Expressed a desire to quit smoking. E‐cigarette use at baseline: 3 participants never tried an EC prior to the study; 2 owned an EC but quit using it more than a month prior to the study; remaining 7 had tried an EC more than a year prior to the study but never owned one |
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Interventions |
EC: Refillable All participants provided with smokio electronic cigarettes (second‐generation ECs) and V2 e‐liquid with a concentration of 24 mg/ml (2.4%) of nicotine. Researchers provided participants with a copy of the National Cancer Institute’s brochure Clearing the Air (http://smokefree. gov). Then researchers and participants read through a manual that described the study procedures, and showed participants how to use the software to measure CO and how to use the EC Participants initially received EC without contingency for a period of 14 days following the quit attempt. If participants failed to reduce CO levels during this phase, they received contingency management in addition to EC |
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Outcomes | 4 weeks Adverse events and biomarkers: Adverse events collected in 4‐day smoking behavior questionnaires; eCO Other outcomes measured: acceptability and use of EC; overall experience of study |
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Study funding | "The study was supported in part by crowd‐sourced funding enabled by Experiment.com. Preparation of this paper was supported in part by Grant P30DA029926." | |
Author declarations | "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." | |
Notes | N of 1 (within‐participants randomized design, not between groups). New for 2020 update. | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | High risk | Not randomized |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | High risk | Not randomized |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | No details provided. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | AEs measured in behavioral change questionnaire but not reported |