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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Looming Vulnerability and Smoking Cessation Attempts

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02522156

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Brief summary

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Almost one-fifth of US adults are current cigarette smokers. To make further progress in lowering prevalence, it would help to increase the proportion of smokers attempting to quit. This application tests a novel approach to motivating smokers to quit, based on an empirically supported theory of anxiety. The approach uses guided imagery to increase smokers' sense of urgency about preventing the negative health consequences of smoking.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02522156
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
American University
Other
Enrollment
279 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Feb 2016 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Jul 2019 (Actual)
Completion
Dec 2019 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jan 29, 2020

2016 – 2019

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
American University Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20016-8062 —

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