NCT02768025

Trial of Treatment Protocol for Smoking Cessation

Completed NA Last updated 1 February 2018

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Traditional & Complementary Medicine treatment in Smoking Cessation in 41 participants. Completed in 31 August 2017.

Timeline

1 July 2016

Primary endpoint
1 July 2017

31 August 2017

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Daejeon University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	41
Start date	1 July 2016
Primary completion	1 July 2017
Estimated completion	31 August 2017
Sites	1 location across South Korea

Drugs / interventions tested

• Traditional & Complementary Medicine treatment
• NRT, counselling

Conditions studied

• Smoking Cessation — all drugs for Smoking Cessation →

Sponsor

Daejeon University

Who can join

19 and older, any sex, with Smoking Cessation. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Background: As smoking regulatory policies, including the WHO FCTC (Framework Convention on Tobacco Control), are enforcing, demand for smoking cessation treatment is being increased.

According the trend, development and evaluation of the medical guideline, Induced participation of medical personnel and available in Korean medical clinic, is needed. Purpose: To evaluate the satisfaction and effect of traditional \& complementary medicine (T\&CM) tobacco control program Methods: Recruited subjects were divided into control and test groups. They treated two times a week during the first three weeks and once a week during the last week.

Program participation rates and drop rates, satisfaction, amount of smoking before and after programs

, smoking-related key variables, nicotine dependence test (Fagerstrom test), Expired CO amounts, urinary cotinine amount, withdrawal symptoms, the change in quality of life(EQ-5D) are measured.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Study protocol of a pragmatic, randomised controlled pilot trial: clinical effectiveness on smoking cessation of traditional and complementary medicine interventions, including acupuncture and aromatherapy, in combination with nicotine replacement therapy.
   Jang S, Park S, Jang BH, Park YL, et al · · 2017 · cited 3× · PMID 28576892 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014574