Clinical trial · Interventional
JeffQuit Group Therapy Program for Smoking Cessation in Patients With a History of Cancer
Pilot Study of the Effectiveness of the JeffQuit Smoking Cessation Program
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Slow Accrual
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This pilot clinical trial studies how well the "JeffQuit" group therapy program works in enabling patients with a history of cancer to quit smoking. The JeffQuit program uses group therapy to provide psychological support and address the mental need for smoking, the habit or routine it creates, and the physical need for nicotine. It is not yet known how well the JeffQuit program will work in helping patients with a history of cancer to stop smoking.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Smoker | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality-of-Life Assessment | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Support Group Therapy | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Tobacco Cessation Counseling | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive care (JeffQuit group therapy)
- description
- Patients undergo three, 1-hour group therapy sessions held by a JeffQuit practitioner over a 1-month period. Patients receive strategies for managing the psychological, habitual, and physiological components of smoking and help with developing a planned quit date. Patients are also provided with advice on how to switch to cigarette brands with less nicotine and then how to substitute the nicotine patch and gum for cigarettes. The JeffQuit counselor is available for additional individual support as needed.
- interventionNames
- Other: Tobacco Cessation Counseling
- Other: Support Group Therapy
- Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Proportion of patients who are adherent to smoking abstinence
- timeFrame
- Up to 6 months after completion of intervention
- description
- Calculated along with a 1-sided 95% exact confidence interval. An exact binomial test (with a one-sided alpha of 0.05) will also be used to test whether adherence is greater than 60%.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. History of cancer 2. Current smoker 3. Willing to provide consent and participate in the JeffQuit program 4. Referral by a Kimmel Cancer Center provider Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any significant active medical disorder or physical condition that could reasonably be expected to interfere with the ability of the patient to quit smoking as determined by the Principal Investigator (PI) 2. Currently participating in another smoking cessation program 3. Currently receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy that would interfere with their ability to participate in the JeffQuit program 4. Patients with evidence of a significant psychiatric disorder by history/examination that would prevent completion of the study will not be allowed to participate 5. Patients with current alcohol or drug abuse 6. Enrollment in active clinical trial/ experimental therapy within the prior 30 days 7. Are in the terminal stages of illness
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