Creation of an Infrastructure to Support Delivery of mHealth Interventions for Cancer Patients

Purpose

Despite the deleterious impact of smoking upon cancer treatment outcomes, smoking prevalence remains alarmingly high among cancer patients. Thus, reducing smoking by cancer patients is a public health priority, but treatments to date have demonstrated limited efficacy. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have the potential to improve treatment efficacy while also greatly extending reach. The goal of this infrastructure proposal is to build a resource to facilitate the creation of mHealth tools that address the tobacco treatment needs of cancer patients. This resource, which will be available to researchers throughout Florida, would fill a critical gap in mHealth capacity.

Condition

  • Smoking Cessation

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • ≥18 years of age. - ≥100 lifetime cigarettes. - English-speaking. - Report smoking ≥ 1 cigarette in past 30 days. - Working smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Failure to electronically confirm participation within 14 days of randomization via electronic link sent to participant's smartphone. - Currently pregnant or breastfeeding.

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Sequential Assignment
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
No Intervention
Demonstration Project 1 		Screening and recruitment of cancer patients for connection to evidence-based smoking cessation treatment. The goal of the first demonstration project is to develop a feasible and effective method for screening cancer patients for smoking, determining treatment eligibility, and offering treatment.
Experimental
Demonstration Project 2 		Pilot RCT of Quitline vs. Mobile-Delivered Smoking Cessation Intervention for Cancer Patients. The goal of this pilot feasibility study is two-fold: to evaluate the performance of the platform itself and to provide preliminary data for a future efficacy trial.
  • Other: Quitline Treatment (QT)
    Tobacco Free Florida Quitline. 10-week supply of Combination Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).
  • Other: App-based Treatment (mHealth)
    Fully automated digitally-delivered smoking cessation intervention targeted to cancer patients. 10-week supply of Combination Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).
No Intervention
Demonstration Project 3 		Utilizing machine learning to process data obtained from demonstration projects 1 and 2. In Demonstration Project 3, we will utilize all data collected in Demonstration Projects 1 and 2 to conduct machine and deep learning methods.

Recruiting Locations

University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida 33146

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 23611

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Study Contact

Sarah Jones
813-745-7525
Sarah.Jones@moffitt.org