Reaching Rural Cancer Survivors Who Smoke Using Text-Based Program

Description

This phase III trial compares the effect of text-based cessation intervention to a manual in helping rural cancer patients who smoke, quit. Text-based scheduled gradual reduction may reduce the frequency of cigarette use to zero and may be effective in quitting smoking.

Conditions

Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma

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Study overview

This phase III trial compares the effect of text-based cessation intervention to a manual in helping rural cancer patients who smoke, quit. Text-based scheduled gradual reduction may reduce the frequency of cigarette use to zero and may be effective in quitting smoking.

Reaching Rural Cancer Survivors Who Smoke Using Text-Based Cessation Interventions

Reaching Rural Cancer Survivors Who Smoke Using Text-Based Program

Condition
Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Kingman

Kingman Regional Medical Center, Kingman, Arizona, United States, 86401

Fort Smith

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, 72903

Saint Helena

Saint Helena Hospital, Saint Helena, California, United States, 94574

Greeley

Banner North Colorado Medical Center, Greeley, Colorado, United States, 80631

Loveland

Banner McKee Medical Center, Loveland, Colorado, United States, 80539

Savannah

Low Country Cancer Care, Savannah, Georgia, United States, 31404

Savannah

Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia, United States, 31404

Boise

Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center-Boise, Boise, Idaho, United States, 83706

Caldwell

Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center-Caldwell, Caldwell, Idaho, United States, 83605

Coeur d'Alene

Kootenai Health - Coeur d'Alene, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States, 83814

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

  • * Have a cancer diagnosis within the past 10 years, and can currently be receiving curative treatment
  • * Not currently on hospice
  • * Currently smokes \>= 5 cigarettes daily
  • * Lives in a nonmetro/rural county (defined as having a Rural Urban Continuum Code \[RUCC\] code of 4-9)
  • * Patient interested in participating in a smoking cessation program, and not currently participating in a smoking cessation clinical trial
  • * Not currently using any smoking cessation pharmacotherapy (e.g. nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion or varenicline), or currently participating in any cessation program
  • * Patient has a cell phone or smart phone device with texting ability
  • * In order to complete the mandatory patient-completed measures, participants must be able to speak and read English
  • * Age \>= 18 years
  • * Participant must be willing to provide a urine sample.
  • * Psychiatric illness which would prevent the patient from giving informed consent
  • * Patients with impaired decision-making capacity are not eligible for this study.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology,

Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, STUDY_CHAIR, Duke School of Nursing

Study Record Dates

2025-11