Contingency Management to Promote Smoking Abstinence in Cancer Patients

NCT ID: NCT04605458

Last Updated: 2025-07-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

282 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-11-25

Study Completion Date

2026-02-28

Brief Summary

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This is a smoking cessation treatment study. Patients who have a cancer or a suspected cancer who will undergo surgical removal of their cancer are eligible to participate in this study. A novel smoking cessation treatment will be provided to half of the participants in the study. All study participants will receive standard smoking cessation therapy including counseling and the nicotine patch.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Smoking Cessation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Contingency Management

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Contingency Management

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Participants will receive 3-6 counseling sessions, nicotine patches \& lozenges, and monetary payment delivered contingent on abstinence verified by CO breath test.

Standard Care

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard Care

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Participants will receive 3-6 counseling sessions, nicotine patches \& lozenges, and CO breath test monitoring.

Interventions

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Contingency Management

Participants will receive 3-6 counseling sessions, nicotine patches \& lozenges, and monetary payment delivered contingent on abstinence verified by CO breath test.

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Standard Care

Participants will receive 3-6 counseling sessions, nicotine patches \& lozenges, and CO breath test monitoring.

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 18 or older
2. smoking 1 or more combustible tobacco products per day
3. diagnosed with or suspicion of any type of operable cancer

Exclusion Criteria

1. unstable psychiatric/medical conditions such as suicidal ideation, acute psychosis, or dementia
2. non-English speaking
3. use of alternative nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigarettes, snus, etc)
4. pregnant women
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medical University of South Carolina

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Benjamin Toll

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Medical University of South Carolina

Locations

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Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Rojewski AM, Fucito LM, Baker NL, Palmer AM, Foster MG, Warren GW, Bernstein SL, Toll BA. Preoperative contingency management intervention for smoking abstinence in cancer patients: trial protocol for a multisite randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2021 Jun 29;11(6):e051226. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051226.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34187835 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

View Document

Other Identifiers

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R01CA251158-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

00099446

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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