NCT06609902Active, not recruiting
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
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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).
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 18 Sept 2024
- Start date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Primary completion date
- 30 Apr 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Bipolar disorder
- NCT number
- NCT06609902
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 70
- From 6 Dec 2024 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2028
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other
- 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)
Who the study is looking for
- 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.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
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