The Effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) in Smokers Failing a Smoking Cessation Program

• Sponsor: Soul Medicine Institute (Other)
• Overall Status: Recruiting
• CT.gov ID: NCT00981396
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 40
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Duration (Months): 195
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 0.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The National Health Service (NHS) stop smoking service at the Central Lancashire NHS Trust serves a diverse population of smokers, with a very good quit rate and high standards. However, clinical experience predicts that some clients are unlikely to succeed through the NHS smoking cessation program. This special population has difficulty quitting for a variety of reasons. Some relapse over the course of the following two years and return repeatedly to the service. Others, for instance those with health problems, may be highly motivated to quit, but unable to resist their cravings. The purpose of this study is to determine if EFT makes a difference in quit rates with the most challenging population of clients.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Smoking	Behavioral: EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques); Behavioral: CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)	Early Phase 1

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 40 participants
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: The Effect of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in Smokers Failing a Smoking Cessation Program
• Study Start Date: Sep 1, 2009
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Sep 1, 2025
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Dec 1, 2025

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Active Comparator: CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy	Behavioral: CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy); CBT is a behavioral intervention that seeks to challenge and change negative client cognitions about events and life circumstances.
Experimental: EFT Emotional Freedom Techniques, a novel but efficacious stress-reduction technique	Behavioral: EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques); EFT is a brief but efficacious stress-reduction intervention. It combines exposure, cognitive structuring, and somatic stimulation.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Quit rate [treatment period]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Psychological symptoms and physiological symptoms [Three, 6, and 12 months after intervention]

   Symptoms and smoking 3, 6 and 12 months post-intervention

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• High anxiety related to the quit attempt

• Cravings which sabotage the quit attempt

• Low confidence at their ability to quit and remain quit

Exclusion Criteria:

• None, all NHS clients are eligible

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	NHS Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust	Ormskirk	Lancashire	United Kingdom	L39 2JW

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Soul Medicine Institute

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Dawson Church, PhD, Soul Medicine Institute

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Dawson Church, Investigator, Soul Medicine Institute
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00981396
• Other Study ID Numbers: SMI-SMO-92509
• First Posted: Sep 22, 2009
• Last Update Posted: Apr 6, 2022
• Last Verified: Apr 1, 2022

• Keywords provided by Dawson Church, Investigator, Soul Medicine Institute: smoking; EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques); CBT (cognitive behavior therapy); cravings; trauma

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 6, 2022