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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT01982110
A Mindfulness Based Application for Smoking Cessation (MBSC)
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in the world, accounting for 10% of all deaths. In the US, smoking costs more than $193 billion in health care costs and lost productivity per year. Although over 70% of smokers want to quit, fewer than 5% achieve this goal annually. Mainstay behavioral treatments for smoking have focused on teaching individuals to avoid cues, foster positive affective states, develop lifestyle changes that reduce stress, divert attention from cravings, substitute other activities for smoking, learn cognitive strategies that reduce negative mood and develop social support mechanisms. These have shown modest success, with abstinence rates between only 20-30% over the past thirty years. This is presumably due to the complex nature of the acquisition and maintenance of nicotine addiction, including associative learning mechanisms as well as positive and negative reinforcement. Over time, cues that are judged to be positive or negative can induce affective states, which can then trigger a craving to smoke. Though the centrality of craving remains controversial, evidence suggests that craving is strongly associated with smoking, which, mainly through the physiological properties of nicotine, results in the maintenance or improvement of positive or reduction of negative affective states. This sets up reinforcement loops by reinforcing memories between affect and smoking. Thus, attention has been focused on additional strategies to help people tolerate negative affect and cravings rather than avoiding cues or substituting activities, and recent research suggest that MT may decouple the association between craving and smoking, thus facilitating smoking cessation.
Mindfulness training (MT) targets affective or craving states by teaching individuals to observe aversive body and mind states instead of reacting to them with habitual reactions, thus allowing more adaptive, healthier responses. Mindfulness training (MT) has shown promise in reducing anxiety and depression and has recently been explored in the treatment of addictions. In a 2011 randomized controlled trial by Brewer, et al., individuals who received an 8- session MT vs. the American Lung Association's 8 session freedom from smoking (FFS) treatment, showed significantly greater rate of reduction in cigarette use and greater point prevalence abstinence rates during treatment and maintained these gains during follow up. FFS is a behavior modification program and includes stress reduction and relapse prevention. Although both treatment groups were assigned home practice as part of their treatment, only those who received mindfulness training demonstrated a significant association between home practice and smoking outcomes, suggesting that there was a specific benefit to mindfulness practice and that positive treatment outcomes for those in this group are not merely a result of greater enthusiasm or interest in quitting. The ability of MT to attenuate the relationship between craving and substance use has been observed in other studies as well. Elwafi, et al. (2012) demonstrated that people who practiced mindfulness more smoked less, regardless of their level of craving. Practicing mindfulness appears critical to MT treatment outcomes. These results suggest that MT may help individuals develop a tolerance to craving itself, thus over time acting to dismantle the addictive loop. To date, research in this area has been conducted in randomized clinical trials in structured laboratory settings only. Important next steps are to examine the effectiveness of MT treatments for smoking cessation in naturalistic environments and to utilize methods of delivering treatment in real world settings that will facilitate compliance with mindfulness practice and thus improve treatment outcomes - for example, via a mobile device application. Additionally, trials comparing MT to alternative treatment approaches typically offered in outpatient clinics such as support groups, acupuncture, individual counseling, or nicotine replacement therapies are lacking. Mindfulness based (MT) smoking cessation has been adapted to a mobile device application called "Craving to Quit" based on the work done by Brewer and will be the mindfulness intervention used in this study. Standardization and implementation via a mobile application is a logical and necessary next step in the dissemination of treatment and will potentially provide access to an effective smoking cessation program for persons who may not otherwise be able to access treatment.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Virginia
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908
- University of Virginia
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males and females who have given written informed consent
- 18 years of age or older
- Smoke an average of a minimum of five cigarettes per day
- Literate in English and able to read, understand, and complete the rating scales and questionnaires accurately, follow instructions, and make use of mindfulness techniques
- Express a wish to quit smoking
- A score at least in the "contemplation" range, as assessed via the Readiness to Change questionnaire (Heather & McCambridge, 2013)
- Willingness to participate in mindfulness techniques
- Able to attend all clinic visits without interruption
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any current Axis I DSM-IV-TR psychiatric disorder other than alcohol abuse, marijuana abuse, or nicotine dependence that, in the clinician's opinion, warrants treatment or would preclude safe participation in the protocol, including, but not limited to: psychosis, schizophrenia, dementia, schizotypal personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, primary diagnosis of eating disorder, or chronic suicidality or homicidality
- Serious medical comorbidity requiring medical intervention or close supervision, including seizures, pacemakers, heart transplant, severe arrhythmias, or active atrial fibrillation
- Suicide attempt in the last thirty days
- Gross neurological disease
- Mental retardation, which will be assessed by the PI, postdoctoral fellows, and doctoral students in clinical psychology
- Minors below the legal smoking age
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: NONE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: Mindfulness Based Therapy
Craving to Quit mobile application is provided for participants
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Mindfulness based interventions are provided via a mobile phone application.
Other Names:
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Behavioral Smoking Cessation
NCI Quit Pal via a mobile phone application is provided for participants
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Behavioral Smoking Cessation intervention is a behaviorally based intervention is provided via a mobile phone application.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Smoking behavior
Time Frame: 6 months
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We will assess number of cigarettes smoked and CO levels
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6 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Craving
Time Frame: 6 months
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We will assess levels of craving to smoke.
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6 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ESTIMATE)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 17004
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
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