Recruiting

Self-Help Intervention

Sponsor:

University of Utah

Code:

NCT06484179

Conditions

Cancer

Smoking

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Targeted Self-Help

Usual Care

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this research study is assess feasibility and acceptability of a recently developed brief self-help intervention targeted by cancer type to increase motivation to quit smoking.

Conditions

Cancer

Smoking

Study ID

NCT06484179

Start date

Aug 28, 2024

Status verified date

Nov, 2025

Completion date

Jul, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals who smoke and recently (i.e., within 6 months) received a diagnosis of breast, colorectal, gynecological, skin melanoma, or bladder cancer (n = 20 per cancer type). (Investigators will consider smokers individuals who report having smoked ≥1 cigarette in the past 30 days.)
  • Able to read/write English;
  • Able to give informed consent;
  • Not currently enrolled in a smoking cessation program;
  • Age ≥18 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Male patients diagnosed with breast cancer will be excluded as lifetime risk for breast cancer in men is far below 1%

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Usual Care

experimental: Usual Care + Targeted Self-Help Intervention

Interventions

Targeted Self-Help

In addition to usual care participants will receive a self-help booklet specific for their cancer type. There are five booklets available, written at a 5-6th grade reading level and targeted by cancer type, that explain the connection between smoking and each cancer type, describe the benefits of quitting smoking after cancer, and address some of the barriers cancer patients face to quit smoking when fighting cancer. Each booklet also includes four testimonials inspired from conversations with patients.

Usual Care

Participants will receive the standard care typically offered for smoking cessation.

Primary outcome measure

  • Recruitment [ Time Frame: Baseline ]
  • Retention- Completion of 2-week follow-up [ Time Frame: 2 weeks post-randomization ]
  • Retention- Completion of 1 month follow-up [ Time Frame: 1 month post-randomization ]
  • Adherence- 2 weeks post-randomization [ Time Frame: 2 weeks post-randomization ]
  • Adherence- 1 month post-randomization [ Time Frame: 1 month post-randomization ]
  • Acceptability [ Time Frame: 2 weeks post-randomization, 1 month post-randomization ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Heather Anderson

801-585-1704Heather.Anderson@hci.utah.edu

Locations

Huntsman Cancer Institute

Recruiting

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112

Contacts

Heather Anderson

801-585-1704Heather.anderson@hci.utah.edu

Principal Investigator:

Ursula Martinez, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Utah

Last update posted

Nov 26, 2025

Last verified

Nov, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Utah on 2025-11-26.