Treating Smokers With Mental Illness

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Smoking Cessation, Cigarette Smoking, Schizophrenia, Psychotic Disorders, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder I, Bipolar II Disorder, Mental Illness

In brief

This is a smoking cessation study that will enroll smokers who have been diagnosed with a severe mental illness. The study will use a combination of intensive tobacco treatment counseling and nicotine replacement therapy to assist smokers in cutting back on and quitting smoking over the course of six months.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03822416

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

38

Starts

2019-03-01

Expected to finish

2020-05-04

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• have a severe mental illness diagnosis
• be a daily smoker
• be willing to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day leading to a quit attempt
• want to try to quit smoking
• be willing to use nicotine replacement therapy
• be able to communicate in English

You may not qualify if…

• anyone who has had an active psychotic episode or been hospitalized due to suicidal ideation in the last six months
• pregnancy
• taking Chantix or Clozapine
• having a terminal illness

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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