New app aims to help cancer patients kick the habit
NCT ID NCT06909357
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This study is creating a mobile health (mHealth) system to help cancer patients stop smoking. Researchers will test if a smartphone app, combined with nicotine replacement therapy, is easy to use and acceptable to patients. The goal is to build a resource that can be used across Florida to support smoking cessation in cancer care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and a smartphone app
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could create a scalable mobile health system to help cancer patients quit smoking, improving treatment outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early feasibility study with only 90 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The app's effectiveness is not yet proven.
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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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38 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Aug 2026
- 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 years and older
- 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: * ≥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.
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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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Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, 23611, United States
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University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, United States
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