Group Therapy for Nicotine Dependence: Mindfulness and Smoking

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The goal of this behavioral research study is to create and study a Mindfulness-Based Addiction Treatment (MBAT) for nicotine dependence. Mindfulness is a method to help focus attention on being in the "here and now." It can be learned through training in how to control one's attention. It is usually taught through meditation. The overarching goals of the study are to evaluate the efficacy of MBAT for nicotine dependence and the mechanisms and effects posited to mediate MBAT's impact on abstinence.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Collaborator: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 18 or above

2. Current smoker with a history of at least five cigarettes/day for the past year

3. Motivated to quit within the next 30 days (preparation stage)

4. Participants must provide a viable home address and a functioning home telephone number

5. Can read and write in English

6. Register "8" or more on a carbon monoxide breath test

7. Provide viable collateral contact information

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Contraindication for nicotine patch use

2. Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes (cigars, pipes, smokeless tobacco)

3. Use of bupropion or nicotine patch replacement products other than the study patches

4. Pregnancy or lactation

5. Another household member enrolled in the study

6. Active substance dependence (exclusive of nicotine dependence)

7. Current psychiatric disorder; current use of psychotropic medication

8. Participation in a smoking cessation program or study during the past 90 days