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Trial of Integrated Smoking Cessation, Exercise and Weight Management in Serious Mental Illness: TRIUMPH

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Mental Illness
Interventions
Other: TRIIUMPH Intervention
Registration Number
NCT02424188
Lead Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Brief Summary

This study will determine whether an 18-month practical tobacco smoking cessation program integrating weight management counseling and exercise will be superior to treatment as usual in achieving prolonged smoking abstinence in persons with serious mental illness.

Detailed Description

The objective of this study is to perform a randomized clinical trial (TRIUMPH) in persons with serious mental illness to test the hypothesis that intervention participants will have higher rates of smoking abstinence at 18 months than participants in the treatment as usual arm. The intervention includes group and individual smoking cessation and weight management counseling tailored by a participant's readiness to quit, pharmacotherapy with either varenicline or buproprion plus nicotine replacement therapy prescribed in the community clinic, exercise, and text messaging supporting health behavior change.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
192
Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or recurrent major depression meeting criteria for serious mental illness
  • Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence of ≥3 and daily cigarette smoking for at least the past 6 months (on days that cigarettes were available)
  • On stable psychotropic medication for mental illness for at least 30 days (i.e., antipsychotic medication for those with schizophrenia spectrum illness, mood stabilizer for those with bipolar disorder)
  • Competent and willing to give informed consent
  • Completion of baseline data collection
  • Willing to participate in smoking cessation intervention that includes combination of evidence-based behavioral (group and individual sessions) and pharmacotherapeutic smoking cessation aids
Exclusion Criteria
  • Serious cardiovascular event (e.g. myocardial infarction, stroke) within the past 6 months
  • Serious unstable medical condition that limits life expectancy
  • Pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning a pregnancy during study period.
  • Alcohol or illicit substance use disorder if not sober/abstinent for ≥ 30 days
  • Planning to leave mental health program or move out of geographic area within 18 months Review by treating psychiatrist required for those with inpatient psychiatric hospitalization within six months of enrollment.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
TRIUMPH interventionTRIIUMPH InterventionGroup and individual smoking cessation and weight management counseling, pharmacotherapy with varenicline or bupropion and nicotine replacement therapy, group exercise, and text messaging support
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
smoking abstinencemeasured at 18 months

7-day point prevalence, biochemically validated

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Weight6 and 18 months

weight in pounds

continuous smoking abstinence - 12 monthsmeasured at 18 months

12 month smoking abstinence

Body Mass Index6 and 18 months
smoking abstinence - 3 monthsfrom 15 to 18 months

3 month smoking abstinence

smoking abstinencemeasured at 6 and 12 months

7-day point prevalence, biochemically validated

Six Minute Walk6 and 18 months
Framingham Risk Score18 months

global Framingham Risk Score

Health Status6 and 18 months

measured by SF-12

Psychiatric Symptoms6 and 18 months

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Johns Hopkins

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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