This pilot clinical trial studies evidence-based tobacco cessation strategies in patients with cancer. Stop-smoking plans suggested by doctors may help patients with cancer quit smoking.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess oncology providers' self-reported need for training on evidence-based tobacco cessation strategies and assess their level of interest in future training on evidence-based tobacco cessation strategies. II. To test the feasibility of the implementation of evidence-based tobacco cessation strategies in community oncology clinics. III. To test the feasibility of surveying community oncology patients after a clinic visit to assess provider behavior regarding screening and brief intervention for tobacco use. OUTLINE: Patients complete a survey over approximately 10-15 minutes related to their provider's cessation advice and assistance with quitting. After completion of study, patients are followed up at 1 month.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
377
Receive evidence-based tobacco cessation strategies
Ancillary studies
Ancillary studies
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Percentage of providers from the Piedmont Oncology Association (POA) reporting a need for training on evidence-based tobacco cessation strategies
Will be estimated and 95% confidence intervals (CI) constructed.
Time frame: Up to 1 month
Percentage reporting feeling very confident in their ability to counsel smokers
Will be estimated and 95% CI constructed.
Time frame: Up to 1 month
Percentage reporting they would be willing to participate in training on evidence-based tobacco cessation strategies
Will be estimated and 95% CI constructed.
Time frame: Up to 1 month
Proportion of oncology patients willing to complete a survey in an oncology clinic
Will be estimated and 95% CI constructed.
Time frame: Up to 1 month
Proportion of patients who report that their provider asked about tobacco use during their visit
These prevalences will be estimated at pre- and post-intervention, and 95% CIs calculated adjusting for the expected within-clinic correlation of patient outcomes. These outcomes will be analyzed further using a subject-specific modeling approach to account for the correlation that occurs due to patients being clustered within clinics.
Time frame: Up to 1 month
Proportion of current smokers who report that their provider advised them to quit during their visit and provided tobacco-cessation strategies
These prevalences will be estimated at pre- and post-intervention, and 95% CIs calculated adjusting for the expected within-clinic correlation of patient outcomes. These outcomes will be analyzed further using a subject-specific modeling approach to account for the correlation that occurs due to patients being clustered within clinics.
Time frame: Up to 1 month
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