NYCHA Mindfulness-based Smoking Cessation Intervention

NYU Langone Health

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Tobacco Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness Based addition treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04334187

19-01435

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will assess feasibility, accessibility and impact of a mindfulness-based smoking cessation group intervention for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residents. Residents who smoke to receive an 8-week intervention. Participants will also be offered 4 weeks of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).

Full description

The primary objective of this research is to examine the feasibility, accessibility and impact of a mindfulness-based smoking cessation program for NYCHA residents.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥18 years
• Current smoker (>= 5 cigarettes per day). Dual tobacco users are eligible as long as their primary tobacco product is cigarettes.
• Ready to quit smoking cigarettes within 30 days
• Able to attend the 8 weekly MBAT sessions at the scheduled days/times
• NYCHA resident
• English language
• Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant or breastfeeding
• Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) score indicating current risk for depression
• Self-reported diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizotypal disorder or other psychotic disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Smoke Cessation Group

Experimental group

Description:

Mindfulness-based smoking cessation sessions will follow the mindfulness based addiction treatment (MBAT) intervention for smoking cessation. Sessions are in group format for two hours, weekly. Two groups of sessions with about 10 participants per group will be organized.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness Based addition treatment