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Tobacco Use Intervention Among Radiation Oncology Patients

NCT00587353 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2012-05-02

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Summary

Tobacco prevention and intervention strategies in the general population are ongoing and evolving. However, strategies to help cancer patients overcome tobacco dependence have been limited. Radiation oncology patients who continue to smoke despite their cancer diagnosis have a lower quality of life (QOL), increased frequency and severity of side effects during their cancer treatment, higher risks of developing a smoking-related primary cancer, and may have a poorer survival rate than their non-smoking counterparts. These are all compelling reasons to be more pro-active in helping cancer patients stop smoking. The overall objective of this project is to adapt a model of an effective tobacco use intervention that can be delivered by any trained radiation oncologist and their staff.

Conditions

  • Tobacco Use Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Behavioral and pharmacologic tobacco use intervention

A novel approach to providing an intervention for tobacco users who are receiving radiation therapy is to provide an individual tobacco use intervention that utilizes concepts of motivational interviewing strategies to facilitate self-exploration of the reasons for continued smoking and a treatment plan that is comprehensive and builds self-efficacy, provides one-on-one counseling, and includes tobacco treatment pharmacotherapies. The pharmacotherapies will be tailored to the patients needs. One could utilize varenicline, bupropion, and/or nicotine replacement therapies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Yolanda I Garces, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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