Resistance Training as an Aid to Smoking Cessation Treatment

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)

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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