Smoking Treatment and Exercise Program for Underserved Populations (STEP UP)

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Conditions studied: Smoking

In brief

This project proposes to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a mobile intervention to target smoking-cessation and increase physical activity among low-income persons. The intervention is called Smoking Treatment and Exercise Program for Underserved Populations (STEP UP).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02873754

Run by

Duke University

People needed

11

Starts

2017-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-07-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• current household income less than twice the federal poverty guidelines (Finer \& Henshaw, 2006; for instance, someone from a family of 4 must have a household income less than $48,500 to be eligible)
• currently smoke >10 cigarettes a day
• smoking for at least the past year
• can speak and write fluent conversational English
• are 18-70 years of age
• are willing to make an attempt to quit smoking and increase physical activity

You may not qualify if…

• inability to walk
• expected to have unstable medication regimen during the study
• currently receiving non-study behavioral treatment for smoking
• myocardial infarction in the past 6 months
• contraindication to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or bupropion with no medical clearance
• exclusive use of other forms of nicotine such as cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes, or chewing tobacco
• current pregnancy
• current imprisonment or psychiatric hospitalization

Where it is running

• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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