aser Acupuncture for Smokeless Tobacco Cessatio
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K137- Other and unspecified lesions of oral mucosa
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/07/044503
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Mahalaxmi HS
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.Healthy adults aged 18- 35years, willing to quit smokeless tobacco use and who report to peripheral center of Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, at Community Health center, Malebennur.
2. Adults using smokeless tobacco along with pan masala (vimal, G S T, siddhu) and gutka (star, RMD, pan parag).
3.Adults who have not undergone nicotine replacement, behavioral or pharmacotherapy for tobacco cessation in their life time.
4.Adults whose salivary thiocyanate level will be more than 2mMol/ml of saliva (objective criteria for determining tobacco exposure)
1.Adults with history of smoking and/or other substance use like heroin, marijuana, cannabis, benzodiazepines, opioids
2.Adults diagnosed with oral submucosal fibrosis, leucoplakia, tobacco-associated keratosis and any type of oral malignancy
3.Adults under medication which may affect their salivary flow rate.
4.Pregnant and lactating women
5.Adults with infection at and around the acupoints and/ or lack skin sensation near the acupoints
6.Adults unable to comply with appointment schedule
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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