Pilot randomized controlled trial of a comprehensive smoking cessation intervention for patients with upper aerodigestive cancer undergoing radiotherapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking among patients with cancer is associated with poor outcomes, however, smoking cessation interventions have had limited success.

Methods

This randomized controlled trial compared a novel smoking cessation intervention ("intervention") with enhanced usual care ("control"). Participants were smokers with head and neck or thoracic malignancies undergoing radiation. Controls received brief counseling. Intervention participants received intensive counseling, pharmacotherapy, text-messaging, and financial incentives. Biochemically confirmed 7-day abstinence at 8 weeks was compared using Fisher's exact t test. Smoking abstinence and intensity were also analyzed using time-series panel regression.

Results

The study population comprised 19 intervention and 10

SUBMITTER: Rettig EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6037556 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature