Telephone-Delivered Interventions for Smoking Cessation

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02421991

Acronym

TALK

Enrollment

1275

Registered

2015-04-21

Start date

2015-11-02

Completion date

2019-12-31

Last updated

2020-01-21

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Conditions

Smoking

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy's (ACT) implementation outcomes are at least as good as those of traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTelephone Delivered Intervention

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. ages 18 and older 2. smokes at least ten cigarettes per day (to be eligible for NRT) and has done so for at least the past 12 months 3. wants to quit smoking in the next 30 days 4. if concurrently using any other nicotine or tobacco products wants to quit using them within the next 30 days 5. willing to be randomly assigned to either group 6. willing and able to speak and read in English 7. willing and medically eligible to use NRT 8. resides in the U.S., and expects to continue for at least 12 months 9. not participating in other smoking cessation interventions (including our own intervention trials) 10. has regular access to a telephone.

Exclusion criteria

The

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
30 day point prevalence abstinence	12 months	No smoking in the past 30 days, as reported at 12 month post treatment

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026