Status:

COMPLETED

Improving Tobacco Treatment Rates for Cancer Patients Who Smoke

Lead Sponsor:

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Pennsylvania

Conditions:

Cancer

Tobacco Use

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The research objective is to identify a simple, pragmatic, innovative way of enhancing Tobacco Use Treatment (TUT) rates within oncology. To investigate this possibility, the investigators propose met...

Detailed Description

To reduce all-cause and cancer-specific mortality, the 2014 Surgeon General's Report emphasized the importance of effective tobacco use treatment (TUT) in cancer care. Unfortunately, up to 50% of canc...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Currently in active practice within Medical and Radiation Oncology divisions of ACC,
  • Prescribing authority in Pennsylvania (i.e. physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant),
  • Nonsmoker,
  • Has cared for at least one patient with tobacco use disorder in the 30 days prior to recruitment,
  • English speaking, and
  • Willing to provide informed consent to participate.

Exclusion

  • Unwillingness to prescribe varenicline, or
  • Unwillingness to assign varenicline management to TUT Service providers.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 28 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 24 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

685 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04738643

Start Date

June 28 2022

End Date

January 24 2024

Last Update

May 8 2025

Active Locations (2)

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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104