NCT05825001

Evaluating the Episodic Future Thinking Intervention for Reducing Cigarette Consumption in Cigarette Smokers

Pilot Study of Episodic Future Thinking Among Cigarette Smokers

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 104 (actual)
• Sponsor: Roswell Park Cancer Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This clinical trial evaluates the effectiveness of active episodic future thinking (EFT) stimuli for reducing cigarette consumption in cigarette smokers. EFT is an innovative framing method shown to significantly activate brain regions involved in future thinking, planning, and other executive functions. Active EFT stimuli are positive events, unrelated to smoking, that participants anticipate, look forward to, and can vividly imagine happening up to 1 year in the future. Control EFT stimuli are positive past events, unrelated to smoking, that participants can vividly remember happening in the recent past. Active EFT stimuli may help reduce cigarette consumption among cigarette smokers by exposing them to personally relevant future oriented stimuli.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJEECTIVE: I. To evaluate the efficacy of episodic future thinking (EFT) for smoking cessation. OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I (ACTIVE): Participants receive the active EFT stimulus and use the iCOquit Smokerlyzer carbon monoxide monitor on study. ARM II (CONTROL): Participants receive the control EFT stimulus and use the iCOquit Smokerlyzer carbon monoxide monitor on study.

Conditions

• Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Smoking Cessation Intervention	Receive active EFT stimulus
BEHAVIORAL	Smoking Cessation Intervention (control)	Receive control EFT stimulus
OTHER	Medical Device Usage and Evaluation	Use iCOquit Smokerlyzer carbon monoxide monitor

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-15
• Primary completion: 2025-10-01
• Completion: 2026-10-01
• First posted: 2023-04-24
• Last updated: 2026-02-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States