Reaching Rural Cancer Survivors Who Smoke Using Text-Based Program

Recruiting now · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05008848

Run by

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

People needed

600

Starts

2022-04-01

Expected to finish

2027-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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.

You may not qualify if…

• Psychiatric illness which would prevent the patient from giving informed consent
• Patients with impaired decision-making capacity are not eligible for this study.

Where it is running

• Carle at The Riverfront — Danville, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Carle Physician Group-Effingham — Effingham, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Mercy Hospital Fort Smith — Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States (enrolling)
• Kingman Regional Medical Center — Kingman, Arizona, United States (enrolling)
• Decatur Memorial Hospital — Decatur, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Illinois CancerCare-Dixon — Dixon, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Northeast Georgia Medical Center-Gainesville — Gainesville, Georgia, United States (enrolling)
• The Longstreet Clinic - Gainesville — Gainesville, Georgia, United States (enrolling)
• Low Country Cancer Care — Savannah, Georgia, United States (enrolling)
• Memorial Health University Medical Center — Savannah, Georgia, United States (enrolling)
• Cancer Care Specialists of Illinois - Decatur — Decatur, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Saint Helena Hospital — St. Helena, California, United States (enrolling)
• Kootenai Health - Coeur d'Alene — Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States (enrolling)
• Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton — Braselton, Georgia, United States (enrolling)
• Kootenai Clinic Cancer Services - Post Falls — Post Falls, Idaho, United States (enrolling)
• Kootenai Clinic Cancer Services - Sandpoint — Sandpoint, Idaho, United States (enrolling)
• OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center — Alton, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Rush-Copley Medical Center — Aurora, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Carle BroMenn Outpatient Center — Bloomington, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Illinois CancerCare-Bloomington — Bloomington, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Illinois CancerCare-Canton — Canton, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Illinois CancerCare-Carthage — Carthage, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Centralia Oncology Clinic — Centralia, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Malcom Randall Veterans Administration Medical Center — Gainesville, Florida, United States (enrolling)
• Crossroads Cancer Center — Effingham, Illinois, United States (enrolling)

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