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CompletedNCT03382093Updated Jun 19, 2019

Personalized Feedback for Smokers With Elevated Anxiety Sensitivity

An interventional study of Personalized Feedback Intervention and Smoking Information Control in Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety and Tobacco Dependence, sponsored by University of Houston. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-06-19.

Sponsored by University of Houston · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

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  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Aug 2017, registered Nov 2017).

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
95
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 11 studies in Anxiety Disorders by University of Houston — 1 open to participants now, 1 under way, none of them phase 3. Anxiety Disorders · University of Houston.

Enrollment
7th of 11
95 · median 102
Started
2017
the only one that year
No phase
9 of 11
1 open now
Registered
4th of 11
by date

Among the 11 studies in Anxiety Disorders by University of Houston, this one is the 7th largest by enrollment, is the only one that started in 2017, is one of 9 with no phase, and was the 4th registered.

Anxiety Disorders

7,207 studies on the registry are indexed under Anxiety Disorders; 1,682 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

1 of the 11 studies in Anxiety Disorders by University of Houston is open now, in 1 country. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Where they have run

Who these studies take

Of the 944 Anxiety Disorders studies recruiting now, 417 (44%) set no upper age limit and 460 (49%) stop at 75 or younger; 233 take children under 18; 317 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 65 Years · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

This project will develop and refine a computer-delivered integrated Personalized Feedback Intervention (PFI) that directly addresses smoking and anxiety sensitivity (AS). The PFI will focus on feedback about smoking behavior, AS, and adaptive coping strategies.

Read the detailed description

The primary goal of the research study is to investigate the efficacy of a brief, personalized computer-delivered transdiagnostic intervention (PFI) that addresses smoking and anxiety sensitivity (AS) to reduce smoking, increase quit attempts, reduce perceived barriers to cessation, reduce AS and negative affective symptoms, and increase adaptive coping skills compared to a smoking information only control. To address this aim, we will implement a randomized controlled trial that will employ a longitudinal experimental design and involve three stages: (a) phone-screener (pre-screener); (b) baseline appointment consisting of a pre-intervention assessment (eligibility), random assignment to a one-session computer-delivered intervention (PFI versus smoking information control with no personalized feedback), and a post-intervention assessment; (c) 1-month follow-up. Assessments will include a multi-method approach, including biological, behavioral, and self-report methods.

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Conditions studied

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety
  • Tobacco Dependence
  • Smoking, Cigarette
  • Smoking, Tobacco

Keywords

  • Anxiety Sensitivity
  • Tobacco
  • Smoking
  • Anxiety
  • Feedback
  • Stress
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Elevated anxiety sensitivity defined as an ASI-III score of at least 17
  • Daily smoking for at least one year (minimum of 5 cigarettes per day and biochemically confirmed via Carbon Monoxide [CO] analysis at least 4 ppm)
  • Not presently engaged in a quit attempt
  • Not currently engaged in mental health treatment
  • Capable of providing
  • Willing to attend all study visits and comply with the protocol

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Adults unable to consent
  • Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
  • Pregnant women
  • Prisoners
  • Students for whom you have direct access to/influence on grades
  • Use of other tobacco products
  • Currently suicidal or high suicide risk
  • Currently psychotic or high psychotic risk
  • Insufficient command of English to participate in assessment or treatment
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
95 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Personalized Feedback Intervention

    A brief, personalized computer-delivered transdiagnostic intervention (PFI) that addresses smoking and anxiety sensitivity (AS) to reduce smoking, increase quit attempts, reduce perceived barriers to cessation, reduce AS and negative affective symptoms, and increase adaptive coping skills.

    Behavioral: Personalized Feedback Intervention

  • Active comparator
    Smoking Information Control

    Standard, computer-delivered smoking cessation treatment/information.

    Behavioral: Smoking Information Control

Interventions

  • BehavioralPersonalized Feedback Intervention

    Personalized Feedback Intervention for smoking and anxiety.

    Also known as: PFI

  • BehavioralSmoking Information Control

    Smoking Information with no personalized feedback.

    Also known as: Control, Clearing the Air Pamphlet

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluate PFI

    Evaluate the protocol for a brief personalized, computer-delivered intervention. Assessed by program evaluation survey.

    Time frame: Assessed at 1-month follow-up after the one-session intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. Smoking Motivational Processes

    Smokers in intervention, relative to a smoking information control, will report increased motivation and confidence for quitting smoking. Assessed using Smoking Rulers for Change measure.

    Time frame: Assessed at 1-month follow-up after the one-session intervention

  2. Smoking Behavior

    Smokers in intervention, relative to a smoking information control, will report reduced smoking rates. Assessed using Carbon Monoxide \[CO\] analysis.

    Time frame: Assessed at 1-month follow-up after the one-session intervention

  3. Affective Processes

    Smokers in intervention, relative to a smoking information control, will report greater reductions in anxiety sensitivity. Assessed using Anxiety Sensitivity Index measure.

    Time frame: Assessed at 1-month follow-up after the one-session intervention

  4. Mechanisms

    Smokers in the intervention, relative to the smoking information control, will report decreased positive consequences for continued smoking. Assessed using Smoking Consequence Questionnaire.

    Time frame: Assessed at 1-month follow-up after the one-session intervention

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Study locations

1 site
  • Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory and Substance Use Treatment Clinic, University of Houston
    Houston, Texas 77204, United States
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References and documents

Related links

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Aug 2017 to primary completion in Jun 2019, 21 months.

Of 3,841 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Anxiety Disorders, half reached primary completion within 12 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 28. This study's 21 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 3,943 studies reached it within 12 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 28.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 27, 2017
First posted
Dec 22, 2017
StartActual
Aug 23, 2017
Primary completionActual
Jun 1, 2019
CompletionActual
Jun 1, 2019
Last update
Jun 19, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 19, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03382093
Responsible party
Lorra Garey (Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Houston) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 22, 2017
Start date
Aug 23, 2017
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2019
Completion
Jun 1, 2019
Last update
Jun 19, 2019

Study contacts

Lorra L. Garey, MA
principal investigator · University of Houston
Michael J. Zvolensky, PHD
principal investigator · University of Houston

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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