Physician-Initiated Stop-Smoking Program for Patients Receiving Treatment for Early-Stage Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Physician-initiated smoking cessation strategies may be effective in getting early-stage cancer patients to quit smoking. PURPOSE: Randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of a physician-initiated stop-smoking program with the usual care for patients receiving treatment for early-stage cancer.

Timeline

Start

1990-12-07

Primary completion

2002-02

Completion

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Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper At the 6-month follow-up, there was no significant difference in quit rates between the usual care (11.9%) and intervention (14.4%) groups PMID 12525530 ↗

paper there was no significant difference between the usual care (13.6%) and intervention (13.3%) groups at the 12-month follow-up. PMID 12525530 ↗

Publications

• Results Schnoll RA, Zhang B, Rue M, Krook JE, Spears WT, Marcus AC, Engstrom PF. Brief physician-initiated quit-smoking strategies for clinical oncology settings: a trial coordinated by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Jan 15;21(2):355-65. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.04.122.

Drugs

Indications