Tobacco Approach Avoidance Training for Adolescent Smokers-1 (AAT-1)

Yale University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Tobacco Use Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: AAT experiment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01625767

1103008127-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a two part study. Study 1 will compare Approach Avoidance Training (AAT) responses in smokers and nonsmokers in order to confirm that adolescent smokers experience cognitive bias towards tobacco-related stimuli.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Between ages 13-18 years
• Able to read and write in English.
• Smokers: Smoking 5 or more cigarettes daily for at least 6 months; Baseline urine cotinine levels > 500 ng/ml
• Nonsmokers: Never smokers; Baseline urine cotinine levels < 50 ng/ml

Exclusion criteria

• Current criteria for dependence on another psychoactive substance
• Current diagnosis of psychosis, major depression or panic disorder
• Regular use of any psychoactive drugs including anxiolytics and antidepressants unless the medication has been taken consistently for 2 months, is currently being monitored by a physician, and the condition for which the medication is taken is considered to be stable
• Pregnant or lactating girls, based on self report.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Approach Avoidance Task experiment

Experimental group

Description:

Approach Avoidance Task experiment

Treatment:

Behavioral: AAT experiment