Exercise or Relaxation for Smoking Cessation
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Nicotine Dependence, Smoking Cessation
In brief
This research study is being done to find out if adding a moderate exercise program or a relaxation program to a smoking cessation treatment program will improve smoking cessation and health in postmenopausal women. We hope to learn which group is more successful at quitting, has less symptoms of withdrawal from smoking and has improved health.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00921388
- Run by
- UConn Health
- People needed
- 301
- Starts
- 2009-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-08-29
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-10-31
Who can join
Age: 45 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Postmenopausal women at least 45 years of age
- Smoking at least 10 cigarettes per day
- Motivated to quit smoking
- Ambulatory
- Currently exercising for 90 minutes of moderate exercise or less per week
- Motivated to exercise
- Permission from Primary Care Provider
- Good general health
You may not qualify if…
- Denied medical clearance from primary care provider
- Unstable angina or uncompensated heart failure
- Systolic blood pressure greater than 165 or diastolic blood pressure greater than 100
- Heart attack or stroke within the preceding 6 months
- Hip fracture within the preceding 6 months
- Unstable medical or psychiatric disorder (e.g., current major depressive disorder or substance abuse or dependence)
- Exercise-exacerbated neuromuscular disorder
- Treatment for depression within the last year
- Estimated creatinine clearance of less than 30cc/minute
- Current use of a smoking cessation aid (i.e., bupropion, NRT, clonidine)
- Current use of psychotropic medication for a psychiatric problem
- Prescription narcotic abuse or dependence with the exception of people that have been stabilized on Methadone Maintenance or Suboxone
- Previous serious adverse event with Chantix use
Where it is running
- University of Connecticut Health Center — Farmington, Connecticut, United States
- University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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