Acute Effects of Exercise in Smokers With Schizophrenia

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

People with schizophrenia have two- to three-times the mortality risk of the general population. This is primarily due to their unusually high rates of cigarette smoking, as well as other cardiovascular risk factors such as physical inactivity, obesity, high blood cholesterol and diabetes. Effective smoking treatments are needed to reduce morbidity and mortality in this population. Over a dozen experimental studies indicate that walking and other forms of exercise acutely reduce cigarette craving, nicotine withdrawal symptoms and smoking behavior in non-psychiatric smokers. However, the effects of acute exercise on smoking measures have not been studied in smokers with schizophrenia. This study will use a within-subjects, repeated-measures design, in which participants will undergo 4 laboratory sessions (order counterbalanced across participants): (1) smoking cues followed by exercise, (2) smoking cues followed by passive activity, (3) neutral cues followed by exercise, (4) neutral cues followed by passive activity. Outcome measures include cigarette craving, nicotine withdrawal symptoms, mood and smoking behavior. If the results of this study indicate that walking acutely reduces craving and smoking in smokers with schizophrenia, the next step in this research would be to test the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention that incorporates exercise bouts as a behavioral strategy for improving smoking cessation rates in this population.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Basic Science

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT01635075
Study type	Interventional
Source	Brown University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	Phase 2
Start date	June 2012
Completion date	January 2015

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