Mobile Mindfulness Training for Smoking Cessation

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Experimental App/Training; Behavioral: Active Comparator App/Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02037360

1305012015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a Mobile Mindfulness Training smartphone application on smoking cessation in smokers ages 18 to 65 years.

Full description

In this study, a pilot phase will be carried out first to test feasibility and engagement of the tested intervention. Then in the randomized control trial, subjects will be randomly assigned to receive one of two treatments: (1) a standard smartphone application to support smokers working to become quit-free, or (2) the tested intervention, an app that trains mindfulness for smoking cessation. The primary endpoint of interest will be 1-week point prevalence abstinence at end of treatment, and at 3 and 6 months follow-up for individuals.

Enrollment: 1,251 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants must be (a) 18-65 years of age; (b) smoke 5+ cigarettes/day, (c) < 3 months abstinence in the past year; (d) have a smartphone; and motivated to quit smoking.

Exclusion criteria

There are no exclusion criteria. We aim to recruit a heterogeneous group, representative of the general population.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,251 participants in 2 patient groups

Active Comparator App/Training

Active Comparator group

Description:

This is a standard smoking cessation smartphone app using the latest evidence-based smoking cessation methods and behavior change theory. Subjects will be encouraged to set a quit date of 3 weeks, to allow comparison to experimental arm quit date.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Active Comparator App/Training

Experimental App/Training

Experimental group

Description:

This is a 3-week smartphone-based training program that trains mindfulness for smoking cessation by helping smokers self-monitor their smoking habits, recognize when and how often they smoke, identify triggers for smoking, and learn methods to become more mindful of triggers, to quit smoking with a target quit date of 3 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental App/Training