Improving quit-smoking help for people with cancer
Leveraging the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I) Program to Evaluate and Transform Smoking Cessation Treatment in Cancer Care
This project uses cancer center programs and electronic health records to make quitting smoking easier and more effective for adults with cancer who currently smoke.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Wisconsin-Madison NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Madison, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11181322 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you smoke and are being treated for cancer, this project aims to make quitting part of your routine cancer care. Researchers will work with cancer centers in the NCI Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I) to add tools and workflows into electronic health records so clinicians can offer proven quitting treatments more consistently. They will track who is offered help, the costs, fairness of access, and whether the changes help people stop smoking and improve cancer outcomes. The team builds on EHR-based tools that increased quitting treatment in primary care and adapts those approaches for oncology settings.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults (age 21 and older) who currently smoke and are receiving cancer treatment at a participating cancer center are the ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People who do not smoke, former smokers, or patients receiving care at centers not participating in the C3I program would not be expected to receive direct benefit from this grant's activities.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, more cancer patients who smoke could be offered effective quitting support, which may improve cancer treatment outcomes and survival.
How similar studies have performed: EHR-based quitting programs have increased treatment delivery in primary care and C3I has supported cessation work, but applying these tools broadly within oncology care is a more recent effort.
Where this research is happening
Madison, United States
- University of Wisconsin-Madison — Madison, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Fiore, Michael C — University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Study coordinator: Fiore, Michael C
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.