iMD for Quitting Smoking in Cancer Patients
Trial Summary
What is the purpose of this trial?
The proposed pilot study aims to develop and test a patient video educational tool, an interactive Mobile Doctor (iMD), that can be integrated in radiation oncology setting to effectively engage cancer patients receiving treatment at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to facilitate smoking cessation and maintaining smoking abstinence in the context of their radiation treatment. This study is the first to address tobacco use among can patients receiving radiation therapy that targets both tobacco cessation (current users) and maintaining abstinence (former users who have recently quit).
Research Team
Janice Tsoh, PhD
Principal Investigator
University of California, San Francisco
Eligibility Criteria
This trial is for adults who can consent to participate, understand the study, and will follow it through. They must have used tobacco in the past year and be starting or currently receiving radiation therapy for cancer at UCSF. People with contraindications, cognitive or medical issues as judged by their care team, hearing/vision disabilities affecting intervention participation, or those already done with radiation therapy cannot join.Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Treatment Details
Interventions
- Interactive Mobile Doctor (iMD)
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
University of California, San Francisco
Lead Sponsor
Tobacco Related Disease Research Program
Collaborator