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Status unknownNCT05112562Updated Nov 4, 2022

Attentional Bias Modification Training for E-cigarette Users

An interventional study of Computerized attentional bias modification training and Placebo attention control training in E-cigarette Use and Tobacco Use Cessation, sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 29 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-11-04.

Sponsored by University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Nov 2022), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jun 2021, registered Sep 2021).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 29 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Aims are to (1) evaluate attentional bias to e-cigarette cues between the intervention and control groups at post-intervention as compared to the pre-intervention; and (2) test the feasibility and efficacy of the intervention at post-intervention. To accomplish these aims, a theory-driven parallel, controlled 2-arm randomized clinical trial will be conducted with young adult e-cigarette users (approximately N = 50). Outcomes are attentional bias to e-cigarette cues and abstinence outcomes including nicotine dependence, and arousal/urges for e-cigarette use.

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Conditions studied

  • E-cigarette Use
  • Tobacco Use Cessation
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In context

Lead sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee is the lead sponsor of 33 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 29 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 and 29 years
  • Those who use ENDS exclusively, not combining with other tobacco, for 3 consecutive months
  • Those who own a smartphone.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

  • Current medication or psychosocial treatment for ENDS dependence
  • Serious alcohol-use problems (≥ 26 points on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test)
  • Ophthalmic conditions impeding eye-tracking
  • Current psychiatric/psychosocial treatment for other mental health disorders in the DSM-5 (e.g., schizophrenia)
  • Pregnancy.
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Computerized attentional bias modification training

    Behavioral: Computerized attentional bias modification training

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo attention control training

    Behavioral: Placebo attention control training

Interventions

  • BehavioralComputerized attentional bias modification training

    In intervention is designed to train participants to disengage attention from potent e-cigarette cues and is based on the well-established attention retraining paradigm for other psychopathologies.

  • BehavioralPlacebo attention control training

    This control training is very similar to the intervention's overall task structure and stimuli. The only difference is that the this control program is designed to exert no systematic manipulation on the attention deployment pattern between the two stimulus categories, thereby yielding no significant impact on the level of attentional bas toward ENDS-related cues

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Attentional bias to e-cigarette cues measured by cueing task

    Attentional bias measured by time in milliseconds between cue and response in cueing task

    Time frame: Pre-training

  2. Attentional bias to e-cigarette cues measured by cueing task

    Attentional bias measured by time in milliseconds between cue and response in cueing task

    Time frame: 1-month follow up

  3. Attentional bias to e-cigarette cues measured by cueing task

    Attentional bias measured by time in milliseconds between cue and response in cueing task

    Time frame: 2-months follow up

  4. Attentional bias to e-cigarette cues measured by cueing task

    Attentional bias measured by time in milliseconds between cue and response in cueing task

    Time frame: 4-months follow up

Secondary outcomes

  1. Subjective urges for e-cigarette use

    Subjective urges for ENDS use measured by E-cigarette Use Patterns questionnaire)

    Time frame: Pre-training

  2. Nicotine dependence

    Nicotine dependence measured by Penn State E-Cigarette Dependence Index

    Time frame: Pre-training

  3. Subjective urges for e-cigarette use

    Subjective urges for ENDS use measured by E-cigarette Use Patterns questionnaire)

    Time frame: 1-momnth follow up

  4. Nicotine dependence

    Nicotine dependence measured by Penn State E-Cigarette Dependence Index

    Time frame: 1-month follow up

  5. Subjective urges for e-cigarette use

    Subjective urges for ENDS use measured by E-cigarette Use Patterns questionnaire)

    Time frame: 2-momnth follow up

  6. Nicotine dependence

    Nicotine dependence measured by Penn State E-Cigarette Dependence Index

    Time frame: 2-month follow up

  7. Subjective urges for e-cigarette use

    Subjective urges for ENDS use measured by E-cigarette Use Patterns questionnaire)

    Time frame: 4-momnth follow up

  8. Nicotine dependence

    Nicotine dependence measured by Penn State E-Cigarette Dependence Index

    Time frame: 4-month follow up

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 4, 2022, 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
NCT05112562
Lead sponsor
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 9, 2021
Start date
Jun 9, 2021
Primary completion
May 31, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 4, 2022

Study contacts

Seok Hyun Gwon, PhD, RN
Contact
gwon@uwm.edu
414-229-6462
Han Joo Lee, PhD
Contact
leehj@uwm.edu
Seok Hyun Gwon, PhD, RN
principal investigator · University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Oversight

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