Cognitive Behavioral Treatment with Activity Trackers for Smoking Cessation

NCT ID: NCT06629467

Last Updated: 2024-10-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 128 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-05-10
• Study Completion Date: 2025-12-01

Brief Summary

Given the high prevalence of deaths per year attributable to tobacco use, improving smoking cessation treatments is an important public health priority Worldwide. It is also known that practicing physical activity (PA) may help smoking cessation. Physical activity trackers have been demonstrated to increase PA levels in different studies with various populations, as a sole intervention or in combination with interventions targeting PA.

This study aims to examine the feasibility, effect, and cost-effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) + Personalized physical activity (PA) + Physical Activity Tracker use (Fitbit Versa 3®) for smoking cessation. Given the high prevalence of deaths per year attributable to tobacco use, improving smoking cessation treatments is an important public health priority worldwide.

In this study, an estimated sample of 128 adult smokers will be randomly allocated to one of the following conditions: 1) CBT for smoking cessation + personalized PA plan + Fitbit Versa 3®; 2) CBT for smoking cessation + personalized PA plan.

Mail goals: 1) To examine the feasibility (i.e., adherence, perceived utility, satisfaction) of integrating Fitbit Versa 3® into a CBT protocol for smoking cessation; 2) to examine the effectiveness of CBT for smoking cessation + personalized PA plan + Fitbit Versa 3® and CBT for smoking cessation + personalized PA plan in terms of smoking abstinence rates (point-prevalence and days of continuous abstinence), PA (i.e., steps per day, moderate to vigorous physical activity) and mental health outcomes (anxiety and depression symptoms, emotional dysregulation); 3) to examine the cost-effectiveness of CBT for smoking cessation + personalized PA plan + Fitbit Versa 3® vs. CBT for smoking cessation + personalized PA plan in terms of smoking abstinence rates (point-prevalence and days of continuous abstinence), PA (i.e., steps per day, moderate to vigorous physical activity) and mental health outcomes (anxiety and depression symptoms, emotional dysregulation).

Detailed Description

Fitbit® wearables devices inform on several objective data related to physical activity and sleep habits, amongst others. Incipient research has piloted its use for vulnerable populations such as emerging adults and clinical patients. In the field of substance use, some studies looked at the effects of activity trackers on physical activity but did not evaluate its effects on other clinically relevant variables, such as smoking abstinence. Increases in activity and improvements in mood are associated with smoking abstinence and, arguably, using Fitbit Versa 3® devices would produce any effect on cigarette smoking via these variables.

A 6-week protocol will be employed including a cognitive behavioral therapy-based smoking cessation treatment. Participants will be recruited from the community and will be randomly allocated to the following conditions once an in-person assessment is completed: 1) CBT for smoking cessation + personalized PA plan + Fitbit Versa 3®; 2) CBT for smoking cessation + personalized PA plan. According to the power analysis, to detect an effect size of d = 0.5 (medium size effect) with a test power of 0.8 the total number of allocated participants will be 128. This sample size was estimated to be sufficient for the statistical pipeline.

Analyses will be conducted using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS), R Studio, JASP, and JAMOVI. A set of univariate (i.e., descriptive statistics and frequencies) and multivariate analyses (i.e. t-test) will be carried out with regard to participants; characteristics and treatment outcomes. Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) will be conducted to examine changes in smoking abstinence after controlling for relevant covariates (e.g., nicotine dependence, sex). DATCAP will be used to perform the cost-effectivity

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation; Physical Activity

Study Design

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

Study Groups

1) CBT for smoking cessation + personalized PA plan + Fitbit Versa 3 ®.

The intervention will be delivered in groups (maximum 4 participants) for a total of 6 weeks. Sessions (1.5 hours) will take place once per week. Personalized PA objectives will be set during the treatment.

Participants in this arm will wear the Fitbit Versa 3® during the treatment (6 weeks).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for smoking cessation

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Treatment components will include psychoeducation on the consequences of tobacco use and the benefits of quitting; therapeutic commitment; self-monitoring of cigarette smoking; brief advice on healthy eating behaviors and sleep hygiene, physiological feedback (based on CO levels), training in self-control strategies, stimulus control, management of craving with alternative activities, diaphragmatic breathing, weekly personalized physical activity objectives, and relapse prevention strategies. The protocol consists of a nicotine fading procedure, which consists of a weekly reduction in nicotine intake of 30% (based on both tobacco brands and the number of cigarettes) from the first to the fifth session.

Personalized PA plan

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The treatment provider will fix an objective (e.g. go for brisk walking for 30 minutes 3 times this week) for each participant every week according to his/her current PA level, time availability, likes, and fitness level.

Fitbit Versa 3

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Wearable activity tracker with the functionalities of a watch function, including time, date, calendar, and weather (connection to the internet is required). Physical activity monitoring (steps per day, active minutes per day, plants climbed, heart rate monitoring, time, intensity, caloric expenditure, and exercise type of exercise session), sleep monitoring (sleep time, sleep phases time, sleep quality), stress levels managing and guided breathing application are the main health-related functionalities.

2) CBT for smoking cessation + personalized PA plan

This intervention include the same components as described above. The exception will be that participants will not be requested to wear the Fitbit Versa 3®.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for smoking cessation

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Treatment components will include psychoeducation on the consequences of tobacco use and the benefits of quitting; therapeutic commitment; self-monitoring of cigarette smoking; brief advice on healthy eating behaviors and sleep hygiene, physiological feedback (based on CO levels), training in self-control strategies, stimulus control, management of craving with alternative activities, diaphragmatic breathing, weekly personalized physical activity objectives, and relapse prevention strategies. The protocol consists of a nicotine fading procedure, which consists of a weekly reduction in nicotine intake of 30% (based on both tobacco brands and the number of cigarettes) from the first to the fifth session.

Personalized PA plan

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The treatment provider will fix an objective (e.g. go for brisk walking for 30 minutes 3 times this week) for each participant every week according to his/her current PA level, time availability, likes, and fitness level.

Interventions

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for smoking cessation

Treatment components will include psychoeducation on the consequences of tobacco use and the benefits of quitting; therapeutic commitment; self-monitoring of cigarette smoking; brief advice on healthy eating behaviors and sleep hygiene, physiological feedback (based on CO levels), training in self-control strategies, stimulus control, management of craving with alternative activities, diaphragmatic breathing, weekly personalized physical activity objectives, and relapse prevention strategies. The protocol consists of a nicotine fading procedure, which consists of a weekly reduction in nicotine intake of 30% (based on both tobacco brands and the number of cigarettes) from the first to the fifth session.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Personalized PA plan

The treatment provider will fix an objective (e.g. go for brisk walking for 30 minutes 3 times this week) for each participant every week according to his/her current PA level, time availability, likes, and fitness level.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Fitbit Versa 3

Wearable activity tracker with the functionalities of a watch function, including time, date, calendar, and weather (connection to the internet is required). Physical activity monitoring (steps per day, active minutes per day, plants climbed, heart rate monitoring, time, intensity, caloric expenditure, and exercise type of exercise session), sleep monitoring (sleep time, sleep phases time, sleep quality), stress levels managing and guided breathing application are the main health-related functionalities.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Being aged 18 or over.
• Smoking at least 10 cigarettes per day.

Exclusion Criteria

• Being currently receiving other psychological or pharmacological treatment for smoking cessation.
• Being diagnosed with substance use disorder or severe psychiatric disorder.
• Active suicidal ideation.

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

Sponsors

University of Oviedo

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Alba González-Roz, PhD

Professor, PhD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Clinical Unit of Addictive Behaviors

Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Spain

Facility Contacts

Roberto Secades

Role: primary

grupoca@uniovi.es

985104189 ext. +34

Roberto Secades-Villa, PhD

Role: backup

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Other Identifiers

SV-PA-21-AYUD/2021/50884.

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id