Clinical trial · Interventional
Episodic Future Thinking and Future Thinking Priming for Smoking Cessation
Promising Methods to Decrease Delay Discounting and Reduce Relapse to Smoking
NCT04297332CI-TRIAL-00073840terminatedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): low accrual
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This trial studies the main and interactive effects of episodic future thinking and future thinking priming tasks on helping participants to quit smoking. Episodic future thinking and future thinking priming tasks may decrease delay discounting rates and reduce relapse to smoking and help participants quit smoking.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco-Related Carcinoma | Tobacco-Related Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Informational Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Nicotine Replacement | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Telephone-Based Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm I (active EFT, active FTP)
- description
- Participants are provided with Forever Free relapse prevention booklets and receive a 2-week supply of nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges. Participants also receive 1 proactive coaching call within 24 hours of quit date. Beginning on the quit date, participants complete an active episodic future thinking or active future thinking priming task once per week for 12 weeks, alternating every week between tasks.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Behavioral Intervention
- Other: Informational Intervention
- Other: Telephone-Based Intervention
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm II (active EFT, control FTP)
- description
- Participants are provided with Forever Free relapse prevention booklets and receive a 2-week supply of nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges. Participants also receive 1 proactive coaching call within 24 hours of quit date. Beginning on the quit date, participants complete an active episodic future thinking or control future thinking priming task once per week for 12 weeks, alternating every week between tasks.
- interventionNames
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Smoke \>= 8 cigarettes daily * Planning to quit in the next 14 days * No regular use of other tobacco products * Access to the internet * In possession of a smartphone with text messaging capabilities * In possession of an email address accessible at least every other day Exclusion Criteria: * Unable or unwilling to provide consent * Unable to provide data to the research team after the quit date * Current use of bupropion or varenicline * Drinking \>= 20 alcoholic drinks per week * Use of drugs of abuse in the past 30 days * Living in the same household as a participant already enrolled in this study
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