Online Tai Chi Intervention to Promote Smoking Cessation Among Cancer Survivors

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2025-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This clinical trial evaluates an online Tai Chi intervention to promote smoking cessation among cancer survivors. Tai chi is a practice that involves a series of slow gentle movements and physical postures, a meditative state of mind, and controlled breathing. It is a gentle form of exercise that can be done while sitting or standing and does not involve any medications or medical procedures. Tai chi originated as an ancient martial art in China. Over the years, it has become more focused on health promotion and rehabilitation. The use of Tai Chi may be beneficial for cancer patients who want to quit smoking.

• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Treatments: Carbon Monoxide; Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Cancer survivors (at least 3 months post-treatment, treatments include surgery, chemo, radiation, immuno-therapy)

• Adults aged 21 years and older

• Report smoking cigarettes in the past 30 days

• Report at least moderate interest in quitting smoking (> =3 on a Likert type scale with 5 being very extremely interested)

• Can participate in Zoom calls for orientation and intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-cancer patients or cancer patients who haven't had any treatment, or the last treatment the patient had is within 3 months at participant screening)

• Patients under 21 years old

• Non-smokers in the past 30 days

• Report lower than moderate interest in quitting smoking (< 3 on a Likert type scale with 5 being very extremely interested)

• Cannot to participate Zoom calls for orientation and intervention

• Eligible, but sampling quotas full