Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation in the Homeless

January 11, 2018 updated by: UConn Health
Smoking cessation services are an unmet need among the homeless, who smoke at rates more than 3 times the national estimate; successful interventions in this underserved population have the potential for improving individual and public health. Contingency management (CM) is a behavioral intervention with efficacy in a number of substance use disorder populations, including smokers. However, no known studies have evaluated the effect of CM in homeless smokers. The investigators plan to examine smoking-related outcomes in homeless treatment-seeking smokers (N = 70) randomized to standard care smoking cessation (transdermal nicotine replacement therapy [NRT] + standard counseling + carbon monoxide [CO] monitoring) or standard care plus CM (NRT + standard counseling + CO monitoring + CM) conditions. Standard counseling and CO monitoring will occur for the first 4 weeks, with NRT use continuing through week 8. Participants in both conditions will meet with study staff up to twice daily on weekdays for biochemical verification of smoking status. Participants in the CM condition will have the opportunity to earn prizes for negative breath samples (CO ≤ 4 ppm) up to twice daily on weekdays. CO breath samples will be collected at all visits. The investigators expect that participants randomized to CM will have better outcomes compared to those in standard care.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

70

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Connecticut
      • New Britain, Connecticut, United States, 06051
        • The Friendship Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • age ≥ 18 years
  • homeless
  • regular smoker

Exclusion Criteria:

  • non-English speaking
  • contra-indications for transdermal nicotine
  • in recovery for pathological gambling

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Standard of Care
transdermal nicotine replacement [21 mg patches (4 wks), 14 mg (2 wks), 7 mg (2 wks)], breath sample monitoring, standard smoking cessation counseling
Other: Standard of Care
Standard smoking cessation counseling
Other: Standard of Care
transdermal nicotine replacement [21 mg patches (4 wks), 14 mg (2 wks), 7 mg (2 wks)]
Other: Standard of Care
Breath sample monitoring
Experimental: Standard of Care plus Contingency Management
Standard smoking cessation intervention plus contingency management
Other: Standard of Care
Standard smoking cessation counseling
Other: Standard of Care
transdermal nicotine replacement [21 mg patches (4 wks), 14 mg (2 wks), 7 mg (2 wks)]
Other: Standard of Care
Breath sample monitoring
Behavioral: Contingency Management
Participants earn reinforcement in the form of prizes for breath samples that test negative for cigarette smoking.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Longest Duration of Abstinence
Time Frame: Week 4
Week 4

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

UConn Health

Collaborators

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Carla J Rash, PhD, UConn Health

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 26, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 28, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

November 29, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 16, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 11, 2018

Last Verified

January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 12-186-2
  • R21DA031897 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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