Smoking Cessation Smartphone App for Cancer Patients (Quit2Heal Study)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer; Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard of care smoking cessation smartphone app; Behavioral: Experimental smoking cessation smartphone app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03600038

NCI-2018-02641 (Registry Identifier)

8630

RG1001682 (Other Identifier)

P30CA015704 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to determine whether the novel smartphone application designed specifically for cancer patients to quit smoking (Quit2Heal) provides higher quit rates than the current standard smoking cessation app.

Full description

Cigarette smoking has harmful effects on cancer patients' treatment and prognosis, but there are systemic barriers to delivering smoking cessation interventions to cancer patients. One solution for addressing these barriers is to give patients immediate access to smoking cessation treatment via a smartphone application. The Quit2Heal smartphone app is engaging and tailored to the specific needs of cancer patients, and can be integrated into routine cancer care. The goal of this study is to determine whether Quit2Heal provides higher quit rates than the current standard smoking cessation app.

Enrollment: 59 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18 or older
• diagnosed with cancer in the past 12 months
• has smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 30 days
• interested in learning skills to quit smoking
• willing to be randomly assigned to either smartphone application
• resides in US
• has at least daily access to their own smartphone
• knows how to login and download a smartphone application from the Apple app store or Android Play app store
• willing and able to read in English
• not currently using cessation medications or enrolled in other smoking cessation programs, and
• has never used the NCI's Quit Guide smartphone application.
• willing and able to complete one follow-up survey
• willing to provide email, phone, and mailing address.

Exclusion criteria

• The exclusion criteria are opposite of the inclusion criteria listed above.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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59 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

This is the experimental arm of the study. This includes receiving the novel/experimental smoking cessation smartphone app. Therapy description of experimental app withheld to protect the integrity of the study.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Experimental smoking cessation smartphone app

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

This is the control arm of the study. This includes receiving the standard of care smoking cessation smartphone app. Therapy description of standard of care app withheld to protect the integrity of the study.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard of care smoking cessation smartphone app