Group Counseling for Smoking Cessation

Smoking Clinical Trial

Official title:

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Smoking Cessation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00104481
• Other study ID #: 2R15CA077732-02A1
• Secondary ID: 2R15CA077732-02A
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• First received: March 1, 2005
• Last updated: December 7, 2011
• Start date: January 2005
• Est. completion date: August 2007

Study information

• Verified date: March 2007
• Source: American University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of group therapy for cigarette smoking cessation. The group meets for 8 sessions and includes education and group discussion about the effects of smoking and ways to cope with withdrawal symptoms and other challenges to maintaining abstinence. In one condition, the groups also learn techniques based on cognitive therapy, to help cope with negative feelings.

Description:

The comparison condition is the same length as the cognitive behavior therapy condition but omits the cognitive restructuring component. In both conditions, smokers prepare for a quit date by using scheduled reduced smoking, which involves smoking on a set schedule that gradually reduces the number of cigarettes smoked. Post-treatment assessments occur one week after the end of treatment, and at 3-month followup.

Pre- and post-treatment assessments include measures of coping skills and emotional acceptance, as well as smoking rate.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 240
• Est. completion date: August 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Regular daily smokers interested in quitting

Exclusion Criteria:

• Significant suicidal ideation

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Smoking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• cognitive behavior therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	American University	Washington	District of Columbia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
American University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Haaga DA, Thorndike FP, Friedman-Wheeler DG, Pearlman MY, Wernicke RA. Cognitive coping skills and depression vulnerability among cigarette smokers. Addict Behav. 2004 Aug;29(6):1109-22. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	cigarette smoking abstinence
Secondary	cognitive coping skills
Secondary	depressive symptoms
Secondary	acceptance
Secondary	distress tolerance