A Novel Dialectical Behavior Therapy Brief Group Intervention for Cigarette Smoking by Patients With Cancer: An Open Clinical Trial
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Smoking Behavior
In brief
The purpose of this research study is to learn more about how Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Skills Training can help patients with cancer who smoke cigarettes cut down on or stop their smoking.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07119489
- Run by
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- People needed
- 16
- Starts
- 2026-02-11
- Expected to finish
- 2026-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-06
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Smoke ≥1 cigarettes every day in the past 30 days per participant report.
- Smoked at least 100 cigarettes (5 packs) in lifetime.
- Confirmation of cancer diagnosis at any time.
- Patient encounter with an AHWFBCCC provider within the last two years.
- Age ≥ 18 years at the time of consent.
- Ability to understand and willingness to sign an IRB-approved informed consent, in English, directly.
- Able and willing to participate in video conference.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients actively receiving external tobacco use counseling or using tobacco cessation medications.
- Prior experience with more than five sessions of DBT-ST.
- Medical or psychiatric conditions limiting compliance with study requirements including suspected or reported cognitive impairment.
- Self-reported use of any psychoactive substance [except marijuana and nicotine] within the last 30 days.
- Have active and severe suicidal ideation at time of eligibility assessment or suicide attempt within the past month.
Where it is running
- Atrium Health Levine Cancer — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (enrolling)
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States (enrolling)
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