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Physician-Initiated Stop-Smoking Program for Patients Receiving Treatment for Early-Stage Cancer

NCT00002520 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 434

Last updated 2023-06-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Physician-initiated smoking cessation strategies may be effective in getting early-stage cancer patients to quit smoking.

PURPOSE: Randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of a physician-initiated stop-smoking program with the usual care for patients receiving treatment for early-stage cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

nicotine

BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Paul F. Engstrom, MD · Fox Chase Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
120 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1990-12-07
Primary Completion
2002-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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