Smoking Cessation in Alcoholics

NCT ID: NCT00963482

Last Updated: 2015-03-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 103 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2007-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2011-08-31

Brief Summary

Most alcohol-dependent individuals are heavy smokers. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether a specific smoking cessation program (based on cognitive-behavioral therapy) for inpatient alcohol-dependent smokers is more effective than a control condition (treatment as usual).

Detailed Description

The study is designed as a randomised, controlled trial conducted in an inpatient alcohol treatment institution. Shortly after alcohol detoxification, smokers are offered to voluntarily participate in a smoking cessation program. Participation is possible if patients either want to stop smoking or to reduce their consumption for at least 50%. Patients are asked about their smoking behaviour at the following time points: at admission (T0), after finishing the smoking cessation program or the control condition (T1), one month later by phone (T2) and six months later in a closing meeting (T3). Urine samples and CO-breath controls are taken to check both nicotine and alcohol abstinence.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation; Alcohol Consumption

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention group

Cognitive-behavioural smoking cessation program

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive-behavioural smoking cessation program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

It's a cognitive-behavioural intervention for smoking cessation. Originally based on a 6 week program designed for outpatients (Batra \& Buchkremer 2004). This program was then specifically tailored for inpatient use with additional information addressing the interaction of smoking and drinking and its consequences.

Control group

Autogenic training

Group Type: OTHER

Autogenic training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Learning and exercising of autogenic training. There's evidence that autogenic training is not effective in smoking cessation.

Interventions

Cognitive-behavioural smoking cessation program

It's a cognitive-behavioural intervention for smoking cessation. Originally based on a 6 week program designed for outpatients (Batra \& Buchkremer 2004). This program was then specifically tailored for inpatient use with additional information addressing the interaction of smoking and drinking and its consequences.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Autogenic training

Learning and exercising of autogenic training. There's evidence that autogenic training is not effective in smoking cessation.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Nichtraucher in 6 Wochen (Batra & Buchkremer); Autogenous Training

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• alcohol-dependent
• smoker
• intend to stop or reduce smoking for at least 50%

Exclusion Criteria

• taking part in another smoking cessation program
• being pregnant
• not able to understand instruction due to cognitive impairment

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Gerhard A. Wiesbeck, Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel

Locations

Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel

Basel, , Switzerland

Countries

Switzerland

Other Identifiers

BAG - 06.004264

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id