Improving Smoking Cessation Quitlines: Pilot Study of Acceptance Therapy

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center1 site in 1 country121 target enrollmentMarch 2012

ConditionsSmoking

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Smoking
Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Enrollment: 121
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Number of Participants Who Stopped Smoking by 6 Month Post Treatment
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 11 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that Acceptance Therapy (ACT's) implementation outcomes are at least as good as those of traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Implementation outcomes:

end of treatment and 6-month follow-up data retention rates;
intervention implementation quality;
number & length of calls completed.

Comparison of each arm's implementation

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

March 2012

End Date

March 2013

Last Updated

11 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Jonathan Bricker

Associate Member, Public Health Sciences

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•aged 18 and older;
•smokes at least 10 cigarettes daily and has done so for at least the past 12 months;
•wants to quit smoking in the next 30 days;
•willing to be randomly assigned to either group;
•willing and able to speak and read in English;
•willing and medically eligible to use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT),
•currently resides in the U.S., and expects to continue for at least 12 months;
•not participating in other smoking cessation interventions;
•has regular access to a telephone.
•has regular access to an email address.

Exclusion Criteria

•The Exclusion criteria are the opposite of the Inclusion criteria listed above. In addition, the following exclusion criteria also apply:
•another member of household enrolled in the study;
•currently using medication or nicotine replacement products to help with quitting smoking;
•currently using any non-cigarette tobacco products;
•pregnant or breastfeeding;
•had a heart attack in last 30 days;
•within the last 6 months, diagnosed with angina, heart pain, or irregular heartbeat;
•serious adverse reactions to nicotine patches including anaphylaxis and related symptoms such as hives, respiratory difficulty, and/or angioedema.