Contingency Management to Promote Smoking Abstinence in Cancer Patients

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation

• Registration Number: NCT04605458
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina

Brief Summary

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

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-09-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-21
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-28
• Study Start: 2020-11-25
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Primary Completion: 2025-07-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-17
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-22
• Study Completion: 2026-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 282

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Abstinence Rates as assessed by self-report for past 7 days, Carbon Monoxide Breath Monitoring and/or Anabasine testing	Changes between the study intake appointment to day of surgery, up to five weeks apart	Abstinence will be defined by 7 days by self-report of no tobacco products, confirmed by CO breath test less than or equal to 4ppm and/or urine anabasine levels less than or equal to 2 ng/ml

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Abstinence Rates as assessed by self-report for past 7 days, Carbon Monoxide Breath Monitoring and/or Anabasine testing	Three and Six months after surgery date	Abstinence will be defined by 7 days by self-report of no tobacco products, confirmed by CO breath test less than or equal to 4ppm and/or urine anabasine levels less than or equal to 2 ng/ml

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Medical University of South Carolina; 🇺🇸 Charleston, South Carolina, United States