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Resistance Training as an Aid to Smoking Cessation Treatment

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Teachers College, Columbia University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Cigarette Smoking

Treatments

Behavioral: Health and Wellness
Behavioral: Resistance training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01951456
1R01HL117345-01A1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether resistance training can aid smoking cessation.

Enrollment

180 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age 18 or older, smoke five or more cigarettes a day for at least the past 12 months

Exclusion criteria

Participating in any type of exercise for >60 minutes/week over the past 3 months, current smokeless tobacco use, participation in an ongoing effort to quit smoking, current or planned pregnancy, any serious medical condition that would make exercise unsafe

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

180 participants in 2 patient groups

Resistance training
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will attend two, 45-60-minute progressive, moderate intensity resistance training sessions per week for 12 weeks. The program will maintain a format of a 5-minute warm-up, 35-50 minutes of resistance training and a 5-minute cool-down with flexibility and abdominal exercises.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Resistance training
Health and Wellness
Active Comparator group
Description:
Participants in this group will be required to attend the exact same number of sessions as those in the Resistance Training group. Each session will last approximately 45-60 minutes. Sessions will include a practical component/demonstration, an informational video, and a handout on a pertinent healthy lifestyle topic for adults.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Health and Wellness

Trial contacts and locations

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