Risk Perception Among Quitting Smokers

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Smoking

In brief

The goal of this behavioral research study is to put together and study a treatment for nicotine dependence that looks at how participant's thoughts and feelings about smoking may be related to how successfully they quit smoking.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00384696

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

220

Starts

2006-02-10

Expected to finish

2020-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 to 65 years.
• Current smoker with a history of at least 5 cigarettes/day for the last year
• Motivated to quit within the next week.
• Home address and a functioning home telephone number.
• Can speak, read, and write in English at a sixth-grade literacy level.

You may not qualify if…

• Contraindication for nicotine patch use.
• Active substance abuse or dependence.
• Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes (cigars, pipes, smokeless).
• Use of bupropion or nicotine products other than the nicotine patches supplied by the study.
• Pregnancy or lactation.
• Another household member enrolled in the study.
• Participation in a smoking cessation program or study during the past 90 days.

Where it is running

• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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