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Behavioral Intervention

Voucher-based incentives for This is not a medical term.

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Stephen T Higgins, Ph.D.

Research Sponsored by University of Vermont

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be between 18 and 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 15 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test whether a voucher-based incentive program can help pregnant smokers quit and stay quit after they give birth.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 15 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~15 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 15 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Biochemical verification of smoking status.

Secondary outcome measures

birth outcomes

Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: Revised contingent vouchers scheduleExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Women receive abstinence-contingent voucher-based incentives (Contingency Management) intervention designed to further increase cessation and relapse prevention rates.

Group II: Original contingent vouchers scheduleExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Women will receive an abstinence-contingent voucher-based incentives intervention (Contingency Management) for smoking cessation and relapse prevention.

Group III: Non-contingent vouchers schedulePlacebo Group1 Intervention

This serves as a control condition wherein women earn incentives independent of smoking status.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Voucher-based incentives

2006

N/A

~170

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of VermontLead Sponsor

267 Previous Clinical Trials

3,743,575 Total Patients Enrolled

Stephen T Higgins, Ph.D.Principal InvestigatorUniversity of Vermont

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Does the demographic criteria for this research encompass individuals who are 30 years or older?

"The trial is seeking volunteers aged 18 to 45."

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What criteria must a patient meet to be eligible for this experiment?

"Candidates who have smoked cigarettes in the weeks before or after giving birth, and are between 18-45 years of age can apply for this medical trial. Researchers need to recruit 166 participants in total."

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Is this trial currently accepting new enrollees?

"As per clinicaltrials.gov, the trial which was first posted on April 1st 2006 is no longer accepting applicants. However, there are currently other trials that are actively enrolling individuals."

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Recent research and studies

Experimental and Clinical PsychopharmacologyJournal

Biochemical Verification of Smoking Status in Pregnant and Recently Postpartum Women.

Higgins, Stephen T., Sarah H. Heil, Gary J. Badger, Joan A. Mongeon, Laura J. Solomon, Luke McHale, and Ira M. Bernstein. 2007. “Biochemical Verification of Smoking Status in Pregnant and Recently Postpartum Women.”. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. American Psychological Association (APA). doi:10.1037/1064-1297.15.1.58.

AddictionJournal

Effects of Voucher-based Incentives on Abstinence from Cigarette Smoking and Fetal Growth Among Pregnant Women

Heil, Sarah H., Stephen T. Higgins, Ira M. Bernstein, Laura J. Solomon, Randall E. Rogers, Colleen S. Thomas, Gary J. Badger, and Mary Ellen Lynch. 2008. “Effects of Voucher-based Incentives on Abstinence from Cigarette Smoking and Fetal Growth Among Pregnant Women”. Addiction. Wiley. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02237.x.

Drug and Alcohol DependenceJournal

Educational Disadvantage and Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy

Higgins, Stephen T., Sarah H. Heil, Gary J. Badger, Joan M. Skelly, Laura J. Solomon, and Ira M. Bernstein. 2009. “Educational Disadvantage and Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy”. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.03.013.

Experimental and Clinical PsychopharmacologyJournal