Status:

COMPLETED

Smoking Cessation in Substance Abuse Treatment Patients: A Feasibility Study

Lead Sponsor:

UConn Health

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Conditions:

Nicotine Dependence

Eligibility:

MALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of self-help materials for smoking cessation and self-help materials for smoking cessation plus prize-based contingency management (CM), in which pr...

Detailed Description

The specific aims of this study are: (1) to examine the efficacy of self-help materials compared to self-help materials plus prize contingency management (CM) for smoking abstinence in substance abuse...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol, cocaine or heroin abuse or dependence
  • self-report daily smoking for at least the past year
  • CO \> 8ppm
  • interested in quitting smoking while in treatment,
  • minimum age 18 years old
  • willing to provide names, addresses and phone numbers of individuals to assist in locating the patient for follow-up evaluations
  • English speaking

Exclusion

  • current use of NRT
  • current use of bupropion
  • serious, uncontrolled psychiatric illness (e.g., acute schizophrenia, suicide risk)
  • dementia (Mini-mental status score of \<23)
  • currently participating in another CM study at the clinic
  • in recovery for pathological gambling

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00408265

Start Date

January 1 2004

End Date

March 1 2007

Last Update

November 21 2011

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University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington, Connecticut, United States, 06030