Mindfulness Based Smoking Cessation Program

Boston Medical Center (BMC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer; Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Smoking Cessation Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02795312

6003740 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

H-34953

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a study designed to mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) training program to assess feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. Participants will participate in a 9-week training program and complete pre-and post-questionnaires. Participants will have the option of participating in a follow-up focus group.

Full description

The investigators will introduce a mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) training program at Boston Medical Center's oncology clinic to promote engagement of low-income and minority smokers with cancer in smoking cessation. This training will follow an adapted MBSR curriculum designed by and for Boston Medical Center patients with chronic pain in the Integrated Medical Group Visit research program in Family Medicine. The investigators will tailor this adapted MBSR curriculum to address smoking cessation. To test the feasibility and acceptability of our intervention, the investigators will pilot test it with 30 patients over the course of three MBSR training programs (each cohort is 9 weeks). The investigators will acquire feasibility data (number of inquiries, number of sessions attended, and satisfaction with MBSR). Additionally, pre and post questionnaires will assess readiness to quit, stress level, and satisfaction with and acceptability of MBSR after every cohort). The primary outcome is engagement in smoking cessation treatment which includes counseling and/or pharmacotherapy. Additionally, the investigators will hold a focus group after each of the 3 cohorts have completed the program to discuss acceptability of study materials as well as facilitators and barriers to participation in the training. Data collected from this study will generate preliminary data to successfully justify and secure future funding for a larger controlled study.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18 or older
• smoked cigarettes in the past week
• cancer diagnosis more than 6 months
• have a scheduled visit in the oncology clinic with an oncologist or mid-level provider
• telephone access
• English speaking for screening/consenting purposes
• able and willing to participate in the study protocol and provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• cancer prognosis less than 6 months
• planning to move out of the area within 6 months
• actively using evidence-based smoking cessation treatment during screening
• pregnant women and women planning on becoming pregnant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18 participants in 1 patient group

Smoking Cessation Training Program

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will take part in a 9-week Smoking Cessation Program class curriculum consisting of weekly 2.5 hour classes and complete pre and post questionnaires

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smoking Cessation Program