Behavioral Interventions for Smoking Cessation
This study is testing different ways to help people quit smoking by focusing on how they think about the future. It's looking at two main approaches: "Episodic Future Thinking" (EFT) and "Episodic Recent Thinking" (ERT). Both involve imagining different situations, either positive life events or experiencing lung cancer symptoms during those events, to help you value future health benefits more. You could be eligible if you're 21 or older, smoke daily, have a certain level of nicotine in your saliva, and plan to quit within 30 days. The study will measure how many cigarettes you smoke per day over eight weeks to see if these interventions are successful. The current status of the study is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 134 participants. It is testing different behavioral interventions.
- What's involved
- Participants will engage in thinking exercises three times a day for eight weeks, guided by text messages and a web interface.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The primary endpoint measures cigarettes smoked per day from the start of the study until the end of treatment at 8 weeks.
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Generalized and Domain-Specific Episodic Thinking for Smoking Cessation
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Jeffrey Stein, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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What this trial measures
- Cigarettes smoked per dayFrom Week 0 to the end of treatment at 8 weeks
A timeline followback questionnaire will be used to assess the number of cigarettes smoked per day. Lower values reflect better outcomes.