Evaluation of Appeal and Impact of E-Cigarettes Among Chronic Smokers With Smoking-Related Cancers
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Conditions studied: Nicotine Dependence, Other Tobacco Product, Bladder Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cancer of Head and Neck
In brief
This study will test feasibility, in smokers with lung, head \& neck, and bladder cancers, that examines the effect of e-cigarette substitution, on measures of smoking-related toxicity and medical outcomes. The aim of the study is to determine the appeal of e-cigarettes compared to regular combustible cigarettes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02648178
- Run by
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- People needed
- 19
- Starts
- 2016-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-09-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Histological or cytological diagnosis of lung, head \& neck, or bladder cancer within the past 5 years.
- AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) stages I-IV
- Daily Smoking (at least 10 cigarettes per day for 10 years) and breath CO (carbon monoxide) greater than or equal to 9 ppm
- Does not wish to quit smoking now (anyone wishing to quit smoking will be referred for smoking cessation counselling through the DHMC (Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center) program)
- May be receiving anti-cancer agents
- Age 18 or older
- Fluent in English;
- Patient must be capable and willing to provide informed written consent for study participation;
- Able to participate in study visits
You may not qualify if…
- Cancer surgery planned in the next 9 weeks;
- Treatment with radiation planned for the next 9 weeks,
- Actively trying to quit smoking, or planning to in the next 30 days. (If a subject reports that they plan to quit smoking in the next 30 days, we will call them after the 30 days to see if they are still trying to quit.)
- Any use of e-cigarettes in the past 30 days,
- Pregnant or trying to get pregnant.
Where it is running
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center — Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
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