Researching the Youth Smoking Experience

This study has been completed.

First Received: September 8, 2005 Last Updated: December 19, 2007 History of Changes

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation (VTSF)
Information provided by:	Virginia Commonwealth University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00156702

Purpose

The primary hypothesis of this pilot study is that dependence can be prevented in adolescents who smoke, but who are not yet dependent. With this study, we seek to develop and test the feasibility and provide controlled comparisons of two brief smoking dependence-prevention interventions: motivational interviewing with feedback versus a video control. Forty adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 will be enrolled. The evaluation and dependence-prevention phases will occur during a single 3- to 4-hour session, and the 30-45 minute follow-up sessions will take place approximately one month, three months, six months, and one year after the completion of the evaluation and dependence prevention phases.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Smoking	Behavioral: Feedback and Motivational Interviewing Behavioral: Smoking Prevention Video	Phase I

MedlinePlus related topics: Smoking Smoking and Youth

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Placebo Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Researching the Youth Smoking Experience

Further study details as provided by Virginia Commonwealth University:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Smoking rates

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Smoking and quitting motivation

Enrollment:	40
Study Start Date:	January 2001
Study Completion Date:	October 2006

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1: Active Comparator	Behavioral: Feedback and Motivational Interviewing
2: No Intervention	Behavioral: Smoking Prevention Video

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Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	12 Years to 18 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Participants must be healthy, between the ages of 12 and 18 years of age, and be current smokers (defined as at least one cigarette in the last week, according to participant self-report).

Exclusion Criteria:

In order to ensure that smokers are not yet dependent, adolescents who have smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day each day of the last week will be excluded. Other exclusionary criteria include: history of or current specific health concerns, including cardiovascular disease, pregnancy or current breast feeding.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00156702

Locations

United States, Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298

Sponsors and Collaborators

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation (VTSF)

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Alison Breland, PhD

Virginia Commonwealth University

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	Virginia Commonwealth University ( Dr. Alison Breland )
Study ID Numbers:	VTSF8520012, VTSF8520012
Study First Received:	September 8, 2005
Last Updated:	December 19, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00156702 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Virginia Commonwealth University:

Smoking
Adolescents
Motivational Interviewing

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Smoking

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Habits
Smoking

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 06, 2009