Implementation of Smoking Cessation Support During Lung Cancer Workup

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Suspected Lung Cancer
• Interventions: Behavioral: Smoking cessation support

• Registration Number: NCT05192031
• Lead Sponsor: Vejle Hospital

Brief Summary

The aim of the present project is to implement smoking cessation support in hospital-based lung cancer workup. The effect on 1) patients' smoking cessation attempts, motivation, quality of life and psychosocial consequences of lung cancer workup as well as 2) hospitals' number of referrals to municipality-based smoking cessation programmes will be evaluated in a pragmatic, cluster-randomised controlled setup, where participating hospitals will be assigned to the intervention arm (implementation of smoking cessation support) or the control arm (usual practice). Patients' and healthcare professionals' experiences with and barriers towards smoking cessation support will be explored in an interview-based, qualitative study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-13
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-14
• Study Start: 2022-03-09
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Primary Completion: 2025-03-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-01
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 295

Inclusion Criteria

• Referred to lung cancer workup at participating hospital
• Able to speak and understand Danish

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to complete electronic questionnaires

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Smoking cessation support	Smoking cessation support	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of patients making an attempt at smoking cessation during lung cancer workup	6 weeks after baseline	Binary outcome (Attempt: yes, no)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of patients who are not smoking at the time of measurement	6 weeks, 3, 6, and 12 months after baseline	Binary outcome (Currently smoking: yes, no)
Quality of life as measured by the 36 item Short Form Survey (SF-36)	6 weeks, 3, 6, and 12 months after baseline	SF-36, two components: Mental and Physical. Each components scale has a total score range from 5 (worst health) to 80 (best health)
Hospitals' number of referrals to municipality-based smoking cessation programmes	Change from one year before to one year after intervention
Motivation to quit smoking	6 weeks, 3, 6, and 12 months after baseline	Numeric rating scale (0-10) with higher score indicating stronger motivation
Psychosocial consequences of lung cancer workup	6 weeks after baseline	Consequences of Screening - Lung Cancer Questionnaire (adapted to the lung cancer workup setting). Items in Part 1 of the questionnaire focuses on experiences during the cancer workup with a total score range from 0 (low level of psychosocial consequences) to 72 (high level of psychosocial consequences). Items in Part 2 of the questionnaire focuses on experiences after the cancer workup with a total score range from 0 (low level of psychosocial consequences) to 22 (high level of psychosocial consequences).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vejle Hospital; 🇩🇰 Vejle, Denmark