iQuit Mindfully: Text Messaging for Smoking Cessation

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate text messaging as a way to enhance mindfulness-based treatment for smoking cessation.

Conditions

• Cigarette Smoking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based Addiction Treatment

Mindfulness-based Addiction Treatment (MBAT) consists of 8 weekly 2-hour sessions that teach mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral strategies for smoking cessation (Wetter et al., 2009).

BEHAVIORAL

iQuit Mindfully

iQuit Mindfully involves text messages on each day between treatment sessions. The text messages provide mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral strategies and support for smoking cessation.

BEHAVIORAL

Self-Help guide

Self-help materials for smoking cessation are based on the Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Clinical Practice Guideline (Fiore et al. Clinical practice guideline for treating tobacco use and dependence, 2008).

DRUG

Nicotine Patch

Patch therapy (beginning the week before quit day) for participants who smoke \>10 cigarettes/day will consist of 4 weeks of 21 mg patches, 1 week of 14 mg patches, and 1 week of 7 mg patches. Patch therapy for participants who smoke 5-10 cigarettes/day will consist of 4 weeks of 14 mg patches and 2 weeks of 7 mg patches.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• George Washington University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Chicago

  collaborator OTHER

• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Utah

  collaborator OTHER

• The Catholic University of America

  collaborator OTHER

• Georgia State University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Claire A Spears, Ph.D. · Georgia State University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-01-18

Primary Completion

2017-08-10

Completion

2017-10-03

Countries

• United States

Study Locations