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Pre-Test of For the Future Self and Smoking Cessation
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Brief Summary
The goal of this experimental research is to increase adherence to a smoking cessation patch among Pittsburgh residents who are trying to quit smoking. The literature on smoking cessation shows that there is a significant problem with adherence when using a transdermal patch as a nicotine replacement treatment. Less than half of patients use the patch as prescribed and adherence suffers a rapid decline during the first six weeks of treatment (Waldroup, Gifford, \& Kalra, 2006). Recent work in psychology demonstrates that being more connected to our "future selves" enables better long-term decision making, in part by making future rewards more salient (and making present rewards less so). To test whether a future selves intervention might facilitate patch adherence in a smoking cessation program, investigators will recruit participants planning to begin using nicotine patches in local smoking cessation programs, and randomly assign them to one of three conditions: 1) "discontinued-smoker" age-progressed future self virtual reality images vs. 2) "discontinued-smoker" + "continued smoking" age-progressed future self virtual reality images vs. 3) control - current self virtual reality images.
Trial Health
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Started Oct 2017
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 20, 2017
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
October 1, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 1, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 15, 2021
CompletedFebruary 15, 2021
February 1, 2021
2 months
September 20, 2017
February 11, 2021
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Adherence at two weeks
In the past 2 weeks, how often did you wear a nicotine patch?
Two weeks after initial intervention
Adherence at eight weeks
In the past 2 weeks, how often did you wear a nicotine patch?
Eight weeks after initial intervention
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Abstinence at two weeks
Two weeks after initial intervention
Abstinence at eight weeks
Eight weeks after initial intervention
CO ppm at two weeks
Two weeks after initial intervention
CO ppm at eight weeks
Eight weeks after initial intervention
Study Arms (3)
"discontinued-smoker" age-progressed
EXPERIMENTALParticipants in the "discontinued smoker" age-progressed virtual reality condition will see two rendering of themselves in optimal health twenty years into the future, a frontal and profile view.
"discontinued-smoker" + "continued smoking" age-progressed
EXPERIMENTALParticipants in the "discontinued smoker" + "continued smoking" age-progressed virtual reality condition will see two frontal renderings of themselves twenty years in the future, one in optimal health and one incorporating appearance-related medical consequences of moderate-heavy smoking over twenty years (e.g., skin that is dry and discolored, increased wrinkles, etc.).
Current self virtual reality images
EXPERIMENTALParticipants in the current self virtual reality condition will see their present age self in a virtual reality rendering.
Interventions
Using software developed for this purpose, a current photograph of the subject will be aged and presented through a visual medium. The image (face) will be rendered as a 3D virtual reality avatar.
Using software developed for this purpose, a current photograph of the participant will be aged showing the results of continued smoking and presented through a visual medium. The image (face) will be rendered as a 3D virtual reality avatar.
Using software developed for this purpose, a current photograph of the participant will be rendered as a 3D virtual reality avatar.
Participants will write a 200-300 word letter to the self they see in that image in 20 years' time. The instructions will read: "Think about who you will be in 20 years from now, and write about the person you are now. What things are important and dear to you, and how do you see your life?"
Participants will write a 200-300 word letter to the self they see in that image. The instructions will read: "Think about who you will be in 3 months from now, and write about the person you are now. What things are important and dear to you, and how do you see your life?"
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Considering enrollment or recently enrolled (within 1 week) in one of the three designated smoking cessation programs
You may not qualify if:
- Use of any form of tobacco other than cigarettes
- Use of nicotine gum
- History of alcohol or drug dependency
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 20, 2017
First Posted
February 15, 2021
Study Start
October 1, 2017
Primary Completion
December 1, 2017
Study Completion
December 1, 2017
Last Updated
February 15, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-02
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share