MedTrace Logo

Aversive Therapy for Smoking Cessation

NCT03450148 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2021-07-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to test a new way to help people quit smoking. The PI will test acceptability and feasibility of a new device called Pavlok wearable wrist band. Participants will be smokers who are highly motivated to quit. Participants will be randomized into intervention and control groups.

Conditions

  • Smoking Cessation

Interventions

OTHER

Pavlok wristband with electric stimulus

it is a device for various behavior modifications in the form of wristband which participants will wear on the wrist. Device has maximum voltage of 0-500 volts, delivers a electric stimulus for a maximum of 1 sec and average duration of 0.2 secs

OTHER

Pavlok wristband without electric stimulus

it is a device for various behavior modifications in the form of wristband which participants will wear on the wrist. Participants will not receive any electric stimulus since this feature will be turned off.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laura Rochford, MD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-07-20
Primary Completion
2020-11-30
Completion
2021-05-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT03450148 on ClinicalTrials.gov