NCT02086149

Exercise for Depressed Smokers

Aerobic Exercise for Smokers With Depressive Symptomatology

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 231 (actual)
• Sponsor: Butler Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effect of a moderate-intensity aerobic exercise intervention for helping individuals with elevated depressive symptoms to quit smoking. The investigators expect that this project will contribute much needed knowledge about the role that aerobic exercise can play in smoking cessation. The long-term goal of this program of research is to disseminate an effective, aerobic exercise (AE) intervention for smoking cessation that can be readily adopted by smokers with elevated depressive symptoms, including those with current major depressive disorder (MDD).

Conditions

• Tobacco Smoking
• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Aerobic Exercise	12-week moderate-intensity behavioral exercise intervention. Weekly sessions with an exercise physiologist who will also assign weekly exercise goals. Two month course of the nicotine patch initiated during week 5.
BEHAVIORAL	Health Education	12-week health education control. Weekly sessions about 12 different topics related to the health effects of smoking, led by an expert in smoking cessation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2019-02-01
• Completion: 2019-02-01
• First posted: 2014-03-13
• Last updated: 2019-05-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States