Yoga for Smoking Cessation Feasibility Study

NCT ID: NCT01030068

Last Updated: 2011-10-07

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-07-31

Study Completion Date

2011-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test whether it is feasible to provide a smoking cessation program together with a yoga program to help women quit smoking. We anticipate that women will be enthusiastic about the program and that we will be able to recruit and treat women for smoking cessation within the designated time frame.

Detailed Description

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Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among adults in the United States. Smoking, and quitting smoking may be especially problematic for women. Our prior research has demonstrated that traditional aerobic exercise (e.g., brisk walking, bicycling) improves cessation outcomes among women. Exercise appears to reduce the effects of nicotine withdrawal and improves cessation outcomes by improving mood and reducing weight gain. yoga that shares many of the same properties of the traditional aerobic exercise that has been shown to be an efficacious adjunct to smoking cessation treatment. Moreover, some features of yoga, including a focus on breathing, meditation, stress reduction and enhanced mood are likely to have special relevance to smokers who are trying to quit. Thus, yoga may prove to be a more efficacious complimentary treatment for smoking cessation than traditional aerobic exercise.

The goal of this proposal is to conduct an initial investigation of the efficacy of providing Yoga as an adjunct to cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) for smoking cessation. Adult women smokers (n=72) will be recruited through newspaper advertisements and will be randomly assigned to either: (1) CBT plus Yoga , or (2) CBT plus contact control. All study participants will be given a sub-maximal exercise stress test to ensure that they are safe to exercise. Yoga sessions will be conducted twice weekly for 12 weeks, and will be lead by certified instructors in yoga. Smoking cessation sessions will be conducted once per week for 12 weeks and will be lead by Masters or PhD level specialists in smoking cessation. Differences in post-treatment (12 week) cessation rates (7-day point prevalence abstinence) will provide data for estimates of effect size between conditions. This effect size estimate is necessary in order to calculate power estimates for a major clinical trial.

Conditions

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Smoking Cessation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Yoga

Yoga plus smoking cessation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Yoga twice weekly

Smoking cessation therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Smoking cessation therapy

Wellness

Health \& Wellness classes plus smoking cessation therapy

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Wellness

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Health and wellness classes twice weekly

Smoking cessation therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Smoking cessation therapy

Interventions

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Yoga

Yoga twice weekly

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Wellness

Health and wellness classes twice weekly

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Smoking cessation therapy

Smoking cessation therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* healthy female smokers
* ages 18-65
* smoke 10+ cigarettes a day
* sedentary (not exercising more than 2 times per week)

Exclusion Criteria

* major depression
* hypertension
* more than 1 year previous yoga experience
* current experience with yoga or smoking cessation treatment
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Rhode Island Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Brown University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Miriam Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Beth Bock, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Beth C Bock, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Miriam Hospital

Locations

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The Miriam Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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R21AT003669

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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