Enhancing Motivation to Quit Smoking Via Self-Help Intervention Targeted to Cancer Type

Utah System of Higher Education (USHE)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cancer; Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: Targeted Self-Help; Behavioral: Usual Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06484179

HCI173619

K22CA276255-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is assess feasibility and acceptability of a recently developed brief self-help intervention targeted by cancer type to increase motivation to quit smoking.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals who smoke and recently (i.e., within 6 months) received a diagnosis of breast, colorectal, gynecological, skin melanoma, or bladder cancer (n = 20 per cancer type). (Investigators will consider smokers individuals who report having smoked ≥1 cigarette in the past 30 days.)
• Able to read/write English;
• Able to give informed consent;
• Not currently enrolled in a smoking cessation program;
• Age ≥18 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• Male patients diagnosed with breast cancer will be excluded as lifetime risk for breast cancer in men is far below 1%

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual Care

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual Care

Usual Care + Targeted Self-Help Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Targeted Self-Help