Pilot Study on Mindfulness for Tobacco and Alcohol in University Students

Completed · Early Phase 1

Conditions studied: Nicotine Dependence, Alcohol Use

In brief

A. The study follows a randomized controlled design with approximately 60 smokers with a history of alcohol abuse age 18-29. The study will compare a 7-week mindfulness intervention to a matched 7-week education intervention to evaluate intervention effect on smoking cessation and reduction in alcohol use. The primary hypothesis is that the mindfulness intervention will yield statistically significantly higher smoking abstinence than controls as measured by carbon monoxide breath test and Time Line Follow Back at at the end of treatment (2-weeks post smoking cessation attempt).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01679236

Run by

University of Wisconsin, Madison

People needed

55

Starts

2006-09-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-06-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 29. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age: 18 to 29 years
• Tobacco use of at least 10 cigarettes per day for at least 6 months
• Alcohol use of 5 or more binges/month (Binge = 5 or more drinks for males, 4 or more for females)

You may not qualify if…

• Baseline (orientation meeting) CO level < 10
• Self report of pre-existing bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, other delusional disorder
• Self report of pre-existing diagnosis of personality disorder (e.g. borderline, antisocial, schizoaffective personality disorders)
• Self report of alcohol use of 4 drinks or more on 6 or more nights per week.

Where it is running

• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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