Community-based Smoking Cessation Treatment for Adults With High Stress Sensitivity.
ConditionNicotine Dependence
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorJasper A. Smits
About this trial
Anxiety sensitivity, reflecting the fear of bodily sensations, is a risk factor for the maintenance and relapse of smoking. This study is designed to address the question - is a smoking cessation intervention personalized to high anxiety sensitive smokers and adapted for implementation by the YMCA effective among racially/ethnically diverse samples?
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adult (age ≥ 18);
High Anxiety Sensitivity (≥5 on the Short Scale Anxiety Sensitivity Index [SSASI]);
Daily smoker, ≥5 cigarettes (including e-cigarettes, little cigars/cigarillos) for ≥1 year;
Motivated to quit smoking as evidenced by a score of ≥5 on a 0-10 Likert scale;
Disqualifiers
Regular exercise defined as engaging in vigorous-intensity exercise for at least 75 minutes per week for the last 3 months
Receiving current intervention for smoking cessation.
Outstanding debt to the YMCA
Listed as a sex offender on the National Sex Offender Registry
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Aerobic Exercise
- Counseling
- Nicotine patch
Treatment groups
360 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Jasper A. Smits
Lead sponsor
University of Texas at Austin
Sponsor institution
University of Houston
Collaborator
University of Oklahoma
Collaborator
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator
YMCA
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov