Clinical trial · Interventional
Quit2Heal Smartphone App in Helping Cancer Patients Quit Smoking
Randomized Trial of a Smartphone Application to Help Cancer Patients Stop Smoking (Quit2Heal)
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This phase III trial compares the Quit2Heal smoking cessation smartphone application (app) to the QuitGuide app in helping cancer patients quit smoking. Both apps provide tools to cope with urges to smoke, step-by-step guides for quitting smoking, help in planning for quitting and staying tobacco-free, and scientifically-based recommendations for how to select medications that aid in smoking cessation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Neoplasm | Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Malignant Solid Neoplasm | Malignant Solid Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quit2Heal | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| QuitGuide | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Survey Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm I (Quit2Heal app)
- description
- Patients receive the Quit2Heal app and are encouraged to use it frequently. During the entire 12-month follow-up period, the app will remain fully available anytime study participants wish to use it.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Quit2Heal
- Other: Survey Administration
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm II (QuitGuide app)
- description
- Patients receive the QuitGuide app and are encouraged to use it frequently. During the entire 12-month follow-up period, the app will remain fully available anytime study participants wish to use it.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: QuitGuide
- Other: Survey Administration
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 or older * Diagnosed with cancer within the past 24 months or currently receiving or planning to receive cancer treatment in the next 3 months * Smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 30 days * Interested in learning skills to quit smoking * Willing to be randomly assigned to either smartphone application * Live in the United States and will remain in the United States (US) for the next 12 months * Have at least daily access to their own smartphone * Know how to download a smartphone application * Be willing and able to read English * Not currently (i.e., within past 30 days) using other smoking cessation interventions * Have never participated in our prior research trials * Have never used the National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s QuitGuide app * Being willing to complete a follow-up survey at 3, 6, and 12 months post-randomization * Providing email, phone number(s), and mailing address Exclusion Criteria: * Currently (i.e., within past 30 days) using other smoking cessation interventions * Has participated in our prior research trials * Has used the NCI's QuitGuide app * Not willing to complete a follow-up survey at 3, 6, and 12 months post-randomization * Not providing email, phone number(s), and mailing address
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