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Preoperative Nicotine Cessation for Women With Breast Cancer Recommended for Reconstruction

NCT06461650 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-06-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Close to 20% of cancer patients currently use nicotine products. Nicotine use in breast cancer patients is associated with poorer overall outcomes, including worsened survival and increased surgical complications. Nicotine cessation is rarely addressed in breast cancer patients at the time of diagnosis and may be a missed opportunity to optimize patient outcomes. Patients that use nicotine products are not offered reconstruction at time of mastectomy or oncoplastics at the time of lumpectomy, which can be emotionally distressing in women with breast cancer. Reconstruction could be an additional motivating factor in nicotine cessation success.

This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of a nicotine cessation program designed by Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in the target population. The study is designed to test the acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a formal nicotine cessation program in women actively using nicotine products with breast cancer recommended for reconstructive or oncoplastics surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nicotine cessation program

Participants will complete up to 4 sessions of a nicotine cessation program over either 12-24 weeks if receiving neoadjuvant therapy (i.e. chemotherapy or hormonal/endocrine therapy) prior to surgery or over 4-6 weeks if not receiving neoadjuvant therapy prior to surgery. Each session will be 30-60 minutes long. Participants receiving neoadjuvant therapy will also be eligible for nicotine replacement therapy; however, it must be stopped 6 weeks before surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Fieber, MD · University of Florida

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-14
Primary Completion
2028-03-31
Completion
2029-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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