Ethnic Microaggressions and Smoking Behaviors Among Latinx Adults

Smoking Clinical Trial

Official title:

Latinx Smokers: Evaluating Ethnic Microaggressions on Smoking Behavior and Relapse

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05490927
• Other study ID #: STUDY00003689
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 13, 2022
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: University of Houston
• Contact: Brooke Y Kauffman, Ph.D.
• Phone: (713) 743-8056
• Email: bkauffma[@]central.uh.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine whether microaggressions relate to multimodal facets of smoking behavior, subjective withdrawal, and urge/craving. Additionally, the second aim is to examine whether smoking deprivation moderates the relation between microaggressions and multiple facets of smoking behavior, subjective withdrawal, and urge/craving.

Description:

This proposal will employ a novel multi-modal approach to evaluate the role of microaggressions in relation to smoking lapse and topography among a sample of Latinx smokers. Adult Latinx daily smokers will attend two counterbalanced experimental sessions - (1) smoking deprivation (16 hours of smoking abstinence) and (2) smoking as usual - during which microaggressions during the relapse analog task will be assessed.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 90
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being 18 years of age or older

• Current regular (daily) cigarette smoking for >= 1 year

• Current smoking >= 5 cig/day and biochemically confirmed via carbon monoxide (CO) analysis

• Being self-identified as Hispanic or Latino

• Able to provide written, informed consent

• Endorsement of at least one microaggression experience over the past 6-months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Endorsement of current psychotic symptoms

• Active suicidality

• Currently pregnant

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Discrimination, Racial
• Smoking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Microaggression Recall and Relapse Analogue Task
Participants will engage in a microaggression recall task followed by the McKee Experimental Relapse Analogue Task

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	RESTORE Laboratory: Research on Emotion, Substance Treatment Outcomes, and Racial Equity	Houston	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Houston

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Smoking Behaviors	Smoking behaviors will be operationally defined as smoking topography (e.g., puff behavior) measured via the Clinical Research Support System (CReSS; Plowshare Technologies, Borgwaldt KC, Inc., Virginia).	During the Smoking as Usual Visit and Smoking Deprivation Visit (Visits are randomly ordered, counterbalanced separated by ~14 days)
Primary	Subjective Withdrawal	The 8-item Minnesota Withdrawal Scale will be used to assesses withdrawal severity. Each of the items are rated on a Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 4. Items are summed to produce a total score with higher scores indicative of worse outcomes (possible range 0-32).	During the Smoking as Usual Visit and Smoking Deprivation Visit (Visits are randomly ordered, counterbalanced separated by ~14 days)
Primary	Urge/Craving	Smoking urge/craving will be measured with the 10-item Questionnaire of Smoking Urges-Brief (QSU-B). Each of the items are rated on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 7. Items are summed to create two subscale scores and a total score with higher scores indicative of worse outcomes (possible range 7-70).	During the Smoking as Usual Visit and Smoking Deprivation Visit (Visits are randomly ordered, counterbalanced separated by ~14 days)
Primary	Smoking Lapse Behaviors	Smoking Lapse Behaviors will be measured during the Relapse Analogue Task (RAT), during which participants are able to delay smoking for a small financial reward. For this task, Smoking Lapse Behaviors are conceptualized as two variables: (a) minutes in time of smoking delay (possible range -50 to +50) and (b) number of cigarettes smoked	During the Smoking as Usual Visit and Smoking Deprivation Visit (Visits are randomly ordered, counterbalanced separated by ~14 days)