NCT06995417

Discontinuation of Tobacco Dependence in Smoking Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head-neck District: Multicenter Prospective Observational Study

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary objective of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a standardized clinical practice counseling strategy for promoting post-diagnosis smoking cessation among patients with SCCHN. Efficacy will be measured as the percentage of patients who succeed in sustained smoking cessation ("sustained quitters," see below) at 6+1 months after enrollment, i.e., after the initiation of anti-smoking counseling.

Conditions

• Cancer of Head and Neck

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Smoking counseling	The investigator, upon enrollment, will initiate a standardized strategy from clinical practice: the investigator will conduct brief counseling ("minimal advice") using the administration of of a questionnaire that will include, in addition to questions about current and past, the administration of the Fagerstrom test to measure physical dependence on nicotine and questions to investigate intention to quit smoking (Mondor test)

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2030-05-01
• First posted: 2025-05-29
• Last updated: 2025-05-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy