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A Future Thinking Intervention for Comorbid Tobacco Use Disorder and Bipolar Disorder

Future Self: An Episodic Future Thinking Intervention for Comorbid Tobacco Use Disorder and Bipolar Disorder

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06609902
Enrollment
70
Registered
2024-09-24
Start date
2024-12-06
Completion date
2028-04-30
Last updated
2026-04-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Bipolar Disorder, Tobacco Use Disorder

Keywords

bipolar disorder, comorbid tobacco use disorder, smoking cessation

Brief summary

Future Self-BD is a 6-session virtual intervention that encourages participants to vividly generate personal and positive future events that they anticipate may be benefited by smoking cessation. Each session will be conducted on HIPAA-compliant Zoom and led by the PI (Dr. Gold).

Detailed description

This is a treatment development study that begins with an open non-randomized pilot trial (N = 10) in which we will test the manual developed for Future Self-BD by assessing the acceptability and feasibility of Future Self-BD. After completion of the non-randomized pilot trial and subsequent revisions to the Future Self-BD manual, we will conduct a parallel randomized controlled trial comparing Future Self-BD (N = 30) to a control treatment, Daily Check-Ins (N = 30). Future Self-BD and Daily Check-Ins involve six, weekly, 1.5-2 hour sessions and one 1.5 hour follow-up session one month after completion of the sixth session; thus, participants will be enrolled in the study for a period of 10 weeks. Assessments will occur at all study sessions.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALFuture Self-BD

The Future Self group will attend 6 virtual sessions during which they will be encouraged to vividly generate personal and positive future events that they anticipate may be benefited by smoking cessation. All participants will complete the adjusting amount discounting task. All participants will also receive brief, CBT-based smoking cessation counseling. This group will involve one follow-up session one month after the sixth session. Each session will be conducted on HIPAA-compliant Zoom and led by the PI, Dr. Gold.

BEHAVIORALDaily Check-Ins

The Daily Check-Ins (DCI) group will attend 6 virtual sessions during which they will complete the adjusting amount discounting task and receive brief, CBT-based smoking cessation counseling (consistent with counseling received by Future Self-BD). This group will involve one follow-up session one month after the sixth session. Each session will be conducted on HIPAA-compliant Zoom and led by the PI, Dr. Gold.

Sponsors

Massachusetts General Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Intervention model description

This is a treatment development study that begins with an open non-randomized pilot trial (N = 10) in which we will test the manual developed for Future Self-BD by assessing the acceptability and feasibility of Future Self-BD. After completion of the non-randomized pilot trial and subsequent revisions to the Future Self-BD manual, we will conduct a parallel randomized controlled trial comparing Future Self-BD (N = 30) to a control treatment, Daily Check-Ins (N = 30). Future Self-BD and Daily Check-Ins involve six, weekly, 1.5-2 hour sessions and one 1.5 hour follow-up session one month after completion of the sixth session

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Adults aged 18 or older * Have a diagnosis of BD I or II * Have a diagnosis of tobacco use disorder * Be engaged in outpatient treatment with a medical provider * Be on a stable dose of a mood-stabilizing medication * Smoke an average of at least 5 cigarettes per day for the past 30 days at baseline (based on the Heaviness of Smoking Index(Heatherton et al., 1989)) * Be interested in quitting smoking * Not currently or in the past 3 months be receiving smoking cessation treatment.

Exclusion criteria

* Current psychosis * Intent to harm oneself with an associated plan and intent to act on suicidal thoughts * Experiencing severe symptoms of depression and/or hypomania that may warrant a higher level of care (a Patient Health Questionnaire-9 total score ≥ 20(Kroenke et al., 2001) and/or an Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale total score ≥ 6(Altman et al., 1997) will trigger further clinician evaluation)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Acceptability of the Study InterventionWeek: 6The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) will be administered at the end of session 6 to assess intervention acceptability via participant satisfaction with the intervention, with higher scores reflecting more satisfaction
Feasibility of the Study InterventionWeek: 6We will assess feasibility via the frequency of participants who attend session 6 (i.e., retention).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Self-Efficacy to Resist Smoking as Assessed by the Smoking Self-Efficacy Questionnaire(SEQ-12)Week: 1, 6, 10Participant self-efficacy to resist smoking will be assessed by the Smoking Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SEQ-12) to assess how confident someone is that they will be able to resist smoking across various situations. It will be administered at sessions 1, 6, and follow-up.
Participant Motivation to Quit SmokingWeek: 1, 6, 10Participant motivation to quit smoking will be assessed using a single item that asks participants to rate how motivated they are to quit smoking on a scale from 0 (not at all motivated) to 10 (extremely motivated). It will be administered at sessions 1, 6, and follow-up.
Seeking Smoking Cessation Treatment as Assessed by The Seeking Smoking Cessation Treatment QuestionnaireWeek: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10The Seeking Smoking Cessation Treatment Questionnaire will be administered at sessions 1-6 and follow-up. This questionnaire assesses whether participants sought smoking cessation treatment since the last session, the nature of this treatment (i.e., NRT), how they sought this treatment, and whether they are interested in receiving a referral for smoking cessation treatment at the day's session.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAlexandra K Gold, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 18, 2026