Trial on the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Training for Smokers

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

196 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-03-31

Study Completion Date

2013-12-31

Brief Summary

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The Mindfulness Training for Smokers study follows a randomized controlled design with 240 total participants. Both the study group and the control group will be enrolled in the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line and will receive four weeks of nicotine patches. The control group will receive the Quit Line intervention alone where as the study group will receive the Quit Line intervention plus the Mindfulness for Smokers Intervention. The Mindfulness for Smokers Intervention provides four weeks of instruction in mindfulness meditation followed by four weeks of participation in a weekly meditation group. The principal hypothesis for the study is that Mindfulness for Smokers plus the Quit Line will lead to significantly higher rates of smoking cessation at 6 months than the Quit Line alone.

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Detailed Description

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The MTS study is funded for through a five year K23 NIH training grant. The study follows a randomized controlled design with N = 240. Both the study group and the control group will be enrolled in the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line, will receive four weeks of nicotine patches, and receive phone based counseling through the Quit Line. The control group n = 120 will receive the Quit Line intervention alone where as the study group n = 120 will receive the Quit Line intervention plus the Mindfulness Training for Smokers (MTS) Intervention.

Mindfulness Training for Smokers provides 4 weeks of mindfulness meditation instruction followed by entry into a MTS meditation group. The total time for the study including recruitment, intervention and participant follow-up for N = 240 will be four years. The study will recruit subjects from the Dane county region through the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CRTI). Recruitment will take place through the television and radio advertisements (appendix). In addition, the Wisconsin Quit Line web site will provide a link to the MTS study. With this link, quit line coaches will have a brief description of the study (see appendix) and will provide contact information for the study. Finally, the MTS web site (url: www.sittoquit.org) will provide basic introductory information available to the general public.

The principal hypothesis for the study is that MTS plus Quit Line will lead to significantly higher rates of smoking cessation at 6 months than use of the Quit Line alone. Secondary hypotheses is that study group compared to controls will show significant differences in questionnaire results that test distress, depression, anxiety, attentional control, mindfulness and quality of life.

Conditions

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Nicotine Dependence

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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Quit Line Only

Control Participants will call the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line intervention including phone counseling, Quit Smoking Materials and 4 weeks of nicotine patches.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Quit Line Only

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The quit line only intervention includes phone counseling, Quit Smoking Materials and 4 weeks of nicotine patches.

Quit Line plus MTS

Participants in the study group will receive the Quit Line intervention (talk to a Quit Line Counselor, receive quit smoking materials and get 4 weeks of nicotine patches) and also receive 4 weeks of training in mindfulness meditation through the mindfulness for smokers intervention.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Quit Line plus MTS

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This provides the quit line intervention plus the Mindfulness for Smokers Intervention.

Interventions

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Quit Line plus MTS

This provides the quit line intervention plus the Mindfulness for Smokers Intervention.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Quit Line Only

The quit line only intervention includes phone counseling, Quit Smoking Materials and 4 weeks of nicotine patches.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Study Group Quit Line Plus Mindfulness Training for Smokers Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age: 18 years or over;
2. Participants must express "high" motivation to quit smoking
3. Participants must express willingness to attend "all" meetings for 2 months.
4. Smoke 5 or more cigarettes per day

Exclusion Criteria

1. Self report of alcohol use of 4 drinks or more a night on 4 or more nights per week.
2. Self report of using chewing tobacco, snuff or cigars in the last week.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No