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Abstinence Reinforcement Therapy (ART) for Rural Veteran Smokers
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Abstinence Reinforcement Therapy (ART) and Telephone Counseling and NRT for Veteran and Smoking Cessation. Completed, enrolled 310 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The primary goal of the current study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a combined tele-health and contingency management (CM) intervention that investigators are calling Abstinence Reinforcement Therapy (ART). Proposed is a comparative effectiveness trial with a two-group design in which 310 Veteran smokers will be randomized to either: ABSTINENCE REINFORCEMENT THERAPY (ART) a proactive tele-health intervention that combines guideline based cognitive-behavioral telephone counseling (TC), a tele-medicine clinic for access to nicotine replacement (NRT), and intensive behavioral therapy through mobile contingency management. TELE-HEALTH FOR SMOKING CESSATION a proactive tele-health intervention that will provide controls for therapist, medication, time and attention effects. The tele-health intervention provides the same guideline based cognitive-behavioral smoking cessation telephone counseling (TC), and tele-medicine clinic for access to NRT as in the ART intervention.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Veterans randomized to the intervention will receive cognitive-behavioral telephone counseling (TC), a tele-medicine clinic for access to nicotine replacement (NRT), and mobile contingency management (mCM)
Veterans randomized to the control group will receive cognitive-behavioral telephone counseling (TC) and a tele-medicine clinic for access to nicotine replacement (NRT)