Duration of Behavioral Counseling Treatment Needed to Optimize Smoking Abstinence

Status unconfirmed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Tobacco Addiction

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if extending the behavioral smoking-cessation treatment period to one year will significantly improve cessation outcomes among those planning a quit attempt.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01038414

Run by

Harvard University Faculty of Medicine

People needed

450

Starts

2008-02-01

Expected to finish

2013-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-06-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Daily Cigarette Smokers

You may not qualify if…

• Smokers with active atherosclerotic heart disease, severe cardiac arrhythmias, uncontrolled hypertension, severe peripheral vascular disease, pre-controlled diabetes mellitus, pregnancy, lactation or likely to become pregnant during the study period, and chronic dermatologic disease.
• Smokers who meet DSM-IV lifetime criteria for conditions such as schizo-affective disorder and schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, or who have had alcohol or drug dependence issues within the past year.

Where it is running

• Harvard School of Dental Medicine — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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