Brief Computerized Feedback for Smokers in Recovery

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Conditions studied: Smoking

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to find out more about smokers in recovery from addiction to alcohol/other drugs, and to evaluate a brief computerized smoking behavior feedback session. The hypothesis is that a brief computerized smoking behavior feedback session will motivate more smokers to quit smoking than a control condition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01325727

Run by

Virginia Commonwealth University

People needed

151

Starts

2011-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-11-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Be 18 years of age or older
• Be in recovery from addiction to alcohol and/or drugs (self-defined)
• Have smoked at least one cigarette per day for the past seven days or at least 10 cigarettes total during the past week
• Have smoked at least 100 cigarettes (lifetime)
• Have an expired air carbon monoxide (CO) level of > 6 ppm (verifies current smoking)
• Be cognitively able to understand the proposed research design (screening followed by random assignment to one of the two conditions, if appropriate)
• To be eligible to receive NRT (if chosen by the participant), participants must:
• Not be pregnant, breastfeeding, or plan to become pregnant in the next year
• Not have experienced a myocardial infarction (heart attack) or have been hospitalized for a heart-related problem in the last 2 weeks

Where it is running

• Substance Abuse Addiction and Recovery Alliance Center — Midlothian, Virginia, United States

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