Behavioral Activation for Smoking Cessation in PTSD
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Tobacco Dependence, PTSD
In brief
The purpose of this study is to examine whether behavioral activation as an adjuvant to standard smoking cessation treatment improves smoking cessation outcomes among veterans with PTSD relative to a comparably intense combination of standard smoking cessation treatment + health and smoking education. It is expected that behavioral activation will produce more successful results than health and smoking education when paired with standard smoking cessation treatment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01995123
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 124
- Starts
- 2014-09-08
- Expected to finish
- 2019-03-29
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-04-15
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Report smoking an average of 10 or more cigarettes daily for at least six months
- Report a desire to quit smoking
- Meet criteria for current PTSD
- Speak and read English
- Agree to participate in the study
- Be 18 years old
- Be a veteran
You may not qualify if…
- Meeting criteria for psychotic or bipolar disorder
- Psychoactive substance abuse or dependence (excluding nicotine dependence) within the past 6 months
- Inability to give informed, voluntary, written consent to participate
- Current use of any pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation not provided by the researchers during the quit attempt
- Use of non-cigarette tobacco products as a primary form of tobacco use
- Being currently suicidal or homicidal
- Being medically unable to use the nicotine patch or nicotine gum/lozenge
- Psychotropic medication changes within 3 months of study initiation and during active treatment
- Current engagement in evidence-based therapies for PTSD or depression
- Pregnant or trying to become pregnant
- Incarceration
Where it is running
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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