Recruiting

Quit-Smoking Treatment

Sponsor:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Code:

NCT07210567

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Mindfulness

Quitline

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of the study is to develop a new quit-smoking treatment among individuals with a cancer diagnosis using a smartphone app.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Study ID

NCT07210567

Start date

Jan 27, 2026

Status verified date

May, 2026

Completion date

Dec 31, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ≥18 years old
  • smoked ≥1 cigarette per day (even one or two puffs) within the past 30 days
  • having been diagnosed with cancer
  • being motivated to quit in the next 30 days
  • having a valid home address and functioning phone number
  • being able to read, write, and speak English
  • having a smartphone that allows installation of the app
  • willingness to download the app

Exclusion Criteria:

  • being enrolled in a smoking cessation program
  • current use of smoking cessation medications
  • evidence of current psychosis
  • current/planning pregnancy or lactation

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Mindfulness

Participants will receive brief counseling, nicotine replacement therapy, and intervention content delivered via the app.

active comparator: Quitline

Participants will be referred to Quitline to receive standard care for smoking cessation.

Interventions

Mindfulness

Participants will complete 4 counseling sessions (30 minutes), download and use a smartphone app for 4 weeks, complete 4 online surveys (baseline, quit date, end of treatment, and 3-month follow-up), and a brief phone call at the end of treatment to provide feedback. Participants will use the app every day to complete daily diaries and ecological momentary assessments (EMAs), receive brief mindful skills, and practice formal mindfulness meditations (5-30 minutes). Participants will also be provided with nicotine patches.

Quitline

Participants will be referred to Quitline to receive standard care smoking cessation treatment, including counseling and nicotine patches. Participants will complete 4 online surveys (baseline, quit date, end of treatment, and 3-month follow-up) and a brief phone call at the end of treatment to provide feedback. Participants will use the app every day to complete daily diaries.

Primary outcome measure

  • System Usablity Scale [ Time Frame: End of Treatment at 4 Weeks ]
  • Client Satisfaction Questionnaire [ Time Frame: End of Treatment at 4 Weeks ]
  • Percentage of Participants That Completed Questionnaires [ Time Frame: 3-month follow-up ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Rutgers IRB/Human Research Protection Program

9739723608irboffice@research.rutgers.edu

Locations

Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies

Recruiting

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901

More Information

Sponsor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Last update posted

May 4, 2026

Last verified

May, 2026

Keywords

  • quit smoking
  • cancer survivors

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on 2026-05-04.