Can cancer treatment also kick the habit? new study tests combined approach
NCT ID NCT02540174
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether adding a structured addiction treatment program to standard cancer care helps patients with head and neck or lung cancer quit smoking and reduce alcohol use. 133 patients were randomly assigned to either the integrated program or usual care. The main goal was to see how many patients were tobacco-free at 12 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- integrated addiction treatment program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that combining addiction treatment with cancer care helps more patients quit smoking and drinking, potentially improving their overall health and cancer outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study with 133 participants, so results are available but may not apply to all patients. The program is intensive and may not be feasible in all hospitals.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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133 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2015
- Finished
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Dec 2017
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with a first upper aerodigestive tract cancer or a lung cancer * Initial cancer treatment * Aged ≥ 18 and ≤65 years * Living within a radius of 20 km from the CHRU de Lille/Oscar Lambret Center * Patient with tobacco addiction: regular smoker = at least 7 cigarettes /week or 1 cigarette/day or short-term ex-smoker = regular smoker who has stopped smoking for less than 1 year from the inclusion date * Performance status (ECOG/WHO) ≤ 2 * Registered with a social security system * Informed and signed consent collected before initiation of any study procedures Exclusion Criteria: * Previous lung cancer or upper aerodigestive tract cancer * Previous other cancer \< 5 years, evoluting or treated at the inclusion (except uterine cervical carcinoma, basal cell or squamous cell skin carcinoma ) * Mesothelioma and esophageal cancer * Occasional smoker (less than 7 cigarettes/week or less than 1 cigarette/day) * Long-term ex-smokers who have stopped smoking for more than 1 year from the inclusion date * Impossibility to comply with the study procedures due to geographic, social or mental reasons * Patient under guardianship or tutorship * Pregnant or breastfeeding women
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU of Lille : Albert Calmette Hospital
Lille, 59037, France
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CHRU of Lille: Huriez Hospital
Lille, 59037, France
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Oscar Lambret Center
Lille, 59020, France
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