NCT04297332

Episodic Future Thinking and Future Thinking Priming for Smoking Cessation

Promising Methods to Decrease Delay Discounting and Reduce Relapse to Smoking

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Roswell Park Cancer Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This trial studies the main and interactive effects of episodic future thinking and future thinking priming tasks on helping participants to quit smoking. Episodic future thinking and future thinking priming tasks may decrease delay discounting rates and reduce relapse to smoking and help participants quit smoking.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To quantify the main and interactive effects of the episodic future thinking (EFT) and future thinking priming (FTP) tasks on delay discounting rate, latency to relapse, and multiple abstinence and self-regulation measures among smokers (n=76) who call a busy Quitline to quit smoking. OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 4 arms. ARM I: Participants are provided with Forever Free relapse prevention booklets and receive a 2-week supply of nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges. Participants also receive 1 proactive coaching call within 24 hours of quit date. Beginning on the quit date, participants complete an active episodic future thinking or active future thinking priming task once per week for 12 weeks, alternating every week between tasks. ARM II: Participants are provided with Forever Free relapse prevention booklets and receive a 2-week supply of nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges. Participants also receive 1 proactive coaching call within 24 hours of quit date. Beginning on the quit date, participants complete an active episodic future thinking or control future thinking priming task once per week for 12 weeks, alternating every week between tasks. ARM III: Participants are provided with Forever Free relapse prevention booklets and receive a 2-week supply of nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges. Participants also receive 1 proactive coaching call within 24 hours of quit date. Beginning on the quit date, participants complete a control episodic future thinking or active future thinking priming task once per week for 12 weeks, alternating every week between tasks. ARM IV: Participants are provided with Forever Free relapse prevention booklets and receive a 2-week supply of nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges. Participants also receive 1 proactive coaching call within 24 hours of quit date. Beginning on the quit date, participants complete a control episodic future thinking or control future thinking priming tasks once per week for 12 weeks, alternating every week between tasks.

Conditions

• Tobacco-Related Carcinoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Intervention	Complete active episodic thinking task
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Intervention	Complete active future thinking priming task
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Intervention	Complete control episodic future thinking task
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Intervention	Complete control future thinking priming task
OTHER	Informational Intervention	Provided with Forever Free relapse prevention booklet
DRUG	Nicotine Replacement	Receive nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges
OTHER	Telephone-Based Intervention	Receive coaching call

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-28
• Completion: 2023-12-28
• First posted: 2020-03-05
• Last updated: 2024-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States