Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Smoking in Cancer Patients
This study is looking at a brief group intervention called Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Skill Training (DBT-ST) to help cancer patients who smoke cigarettes reduce or quit smoking. DBT-ST is a type of counseling that helps you learn skills for managing emotions, handling difficult situations, and being more mindful. To join, you must be at least 18 years old, have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your lifetime, currently smoke daily, and have a cancer diagnosis. The researchers want to see how many people join the study, if the intervention is practical to deliver, and if participants find it helpful. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 16 participants.
- Study design
- This is an open clinical trial, meaning both participants and researchers will know what treatment is being given. It aims to enroll 16 participants.
- What's involved
- You would participate in eight 60-minute group sessions of DBT-ST. After the sessions, you would complete a survey and a one-hour interview about your experience.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will complete a survey at 1 month follow-up, and the study assesses acceptability up to 100 weeks.
AI-generated from the public study record. Only the study team can confirm whether you're eligible — confirm details with them before making decisions.
A Novel Dialectical Behavior Therapy Brief Group Intervention for Cigarette Smoking by Patients With Cancer: An Open Clinical Trial
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
2 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Marcia McCall, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Who to contact
Opens a ready-to-send draft in your own email app — review before sending.
What this trial measures
- Recruitment RatesMeasured from the date the first patient responds to advertisement or is referred to the study by providers until the date the last patient group begins the first session of the intervention, assessed up to 100 weeks.
Ratio of patients enrolled in study to patients responding to advertisement or referred by providers, and ratio of patients enrolled to patients screened and potentially eligible for the study.
- Feasibility of the DBT-ST brief intervention for cigarette smoking by patients with cancerMeasured from the date the first patient group begins the first session of the intervention until the date the last patient group completes the eighth session of the intervention, assessed up to 100 weeks.
Rate of completion of the eight proposed sessions by participants
- Acceptability of the DBT-ST brief intervention for cigarette smoking by patients with cancerFor each patient group, measured at weeks 1 through 8 of the intervention and at 1 month follow-up, assessed up to 100 weeks.
Quantitative (Likert scale) questions to assess patient experience of intervention
- Fidelity of the DBT-ST brief intervention for cigarette smoking by patients with cancerMeasured beginning 1 month after the date of week 8 of the final patient group participating in the intervention, assessed up to 6 months.
Interventionist adherence to intervention manual will be assessed by having an independent reviewer select 50% of the audiotaped group sessions (the total depends on the number of groups) and complete a checklist of 25 intervention items (yes/no) to see whether the interventionist performed the item