Technological Innovations in Behavioral Treatments for Cigarette Smoking

National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cigarette Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: Reinforcement for submission of videos with CO sample; Behavioral: Reinforcement for the abstinence of smoking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00926939

R01DA023469 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate a sustainable and broadly accessible treatment delivery model (Motiv8) for smoking cessation based on abstinence-reinforcement.

Full description

Smokers are randomly assigned to one of two groups: an Abstinence Contingent (AC) group and a Submission Contingent (SC) group. The AC group receives vouchers for abstaining from smoking (measured by a carbon monoxide monitor and confirmed through video-submission), and the SC group receives vouchers for submitting videos of their carbon monoxide breath tests. Both groups take videos of their CO-monitoring on a secure website designed for the study, as well as receive standard care counseling and education related to smoking cessation. The main intervention lasts four weeks, and a three-week maintenance phase will follow. Assessments will be conducted at intake, week four (end of the main treatment phase), and at three and six months after the intervention period is completed

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Self-reported smoker
• Permission to contact applicant by phone
• Ability to use the internet

Exclusion criteria

• Self-report of a history of or current severe or unstable medical or psychiatric illness that would interfere with the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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96 participants in 2 patient groups

Abstinence Contingent (AC)

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive vouchers contingent on smoking reduction and smoking abstinence (confirmed through video submissions). Abstinence is defined as a CO sample of 4ppm or less.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reinforcement for the abstinence of smoking

Submission Contingent (SC)

Experimental group

Description:

This group receives vouchers for submitting videos of their CO breath test.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reinforcement for submission of videos with CO sample