Contingency Management to Promote Smoking Abstinence in Cancer Patients

Description

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.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

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.

Contingency Management to Promote Smoking Abstinence in Cancer Patients

Contingency Management to Promote Smoking Abstinence in Cancer Patients

Condition
Smoking Cessation
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Charleston

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility 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
  • 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

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Medical University of South Carolina,

Benjamin Toll, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Medical University of South Carolina

Study Record Dates

2025-06-30