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Increasing Contingency Management Success in Smoking Cessation

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00273793
First received: January 4, 2006
Last updated: June 14, 2012
Last verified: June 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

Incentives can be used to facilitate the acquisition of many healthy behaviors, such as smoking cessation. However, there is much room for improvement in the use of incentives. This study investigates how two aspects of providing incentives influence the effectiveness of using incentives to promote smoking cessation. One aspect is the criterion for providing incentives, e.g., whether to require smoking cessation before providing an incentive or to provide incentives following smoking reductions. The other aspect being investigated is whether it is best to use a fixed incentive amount or an amount that increases with continued cessation success.


Condition Intervention
Smoking
 Behavioral: Contingency Management

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Increasing Contingency Management Success Using Shaping

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Breath Carbon Monoxide Levels Indicating Smoking Abstinence During the Study, i.e., the Number of Breath Samples With Carbon Monoxide (CO) Levels Less Than 3 Parts Per Million (Ppm) [ Time Frame: daily for breath CO ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Average Number Cigarettes Reported Smoked Each Day in the Past Week Measured at Follow-up Six Months After Entry Into the Study [ Time Frame: past week at follow-up six months after study entry ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    average number cigarettes reported smoked each day in the past week at follow up six months after study entry


Enrollment: 328
Study Start Date: June 2005
Study Completion Date: November 2010
Primary Completion Date: June 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Shaping intervention for hard-to-treat smokers
 Behavioral: Contingency Management
incentives are available for reduced smoking on each study visit which occur each weekday.
Active Comparator: 2
fixed criterion intervention for hard-to-treat smokers
 Behavioral: Contingency Management
incentives are available for reduced smoking on each study visit which occur each weekday.
3
Non contingent incentives available to hard to treat smokers
 Behavioral: Contingency Management
incentives are available for reduced smoking on each study visit which occur each weekday.
Experimental: 4
Ascending incentives values used in Smokers with Early Success
 Behavioral: Contingency Management
incentives are available for reduced smoking on each study visit which occur each weekday.
Active Comparator: 5
fixed value incentives are used in Smokers with Early Success
 Behavioral: Contingency Management
incentives are available for reduced smoking on each study visit which occur each weekday.
6
Non contingent incentives are available to Smokers with Early Success
 Behavioral: Contingency Management
incentives are available for reduced smoking on each study visit which occur each weekday.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Daily Smokers smoking a pack or more of cigarettes a day who are able to report to the study site each work day for about 5 minutes for around 3 months. Subjects must also have a breath CO level indicative of smoking at this level, and most report smoking for at least two years. Subjects must intend on quitting smoking.

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Exclusion Criteria: Participation in another study by this group within the past year. Inability to give informed consent. Incapable of attendance each workday during the morning hours.

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  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00273793

Locations
United States, Texas
Smoking Cessation Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, UTHSCSA, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229-3900
Sponsors and Collaborators
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Richard J Lamb, Ph.D. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00273793     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 045-0013-195, R01DA013304
Study First Received: January 4, 2006
Results First Received: March 9, 2012
Last Updated: June 14, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Smoking
Habits

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013