Smartphone-Delivered Attentional Bias Modification Training in Helping Patients Quit Smoking

Current Every Day Smoker Clinical Trial

Official title: Smartphone-Delivered Attentional Bias Modification Training for Quitting Smokers

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This randomized clinical trial studies how well a smartphone-delivered attentional bias modification training works in helping patients quit smoking. Smartphone-delivered attentional bias modification training may help patients quit smoking by reducing the attentional bias (the tendency of one's perception to be affected by their recurring thoughts) towards smoking cues that developed over time as a result of conditioning processes through which smoking cues become important.

Clinical Trial Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the feasibility of smartphone-delivered, in-home attentional bias modification (ABM) to reduce attentional bias (AB) to smoking cues and to reduce smoking behavior in the short- and long-term. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Patients receive ABM training over 30 minutes through a smartphone on days 1-14. Patients then receive nicotine patches for up to 8 weeks. ARM II: Patients undergo sham training on days 1-14. Patients then receive nicotine patches for up to 8 weeks. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up on days 15, 29, 43, 57, and 72. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Current Every Day Smoker

• NCT number: NCT02224391
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 20, 2016
• Completion date: March 15, 2021