Effect of Vernonia Cinerea Lozenges as a Smoking Cessation Aid in Patients With Non-communicable Diseases

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation
• Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Placebo; Dietary Supplement: Vernonia cinerea

• Registration Number: NCT06268002
• Lead Sponsor: Chulalongkorn University

Brief Summary

Vernonia cinerea is an herbal which has been recorded in many Thai herbal formulation and Thai traditional medicine has used this herbal for treating various diseases included hypertension, asthma, fever, hepatitis, kidney stone and smoking cessation. Now aday there are more interest for using Vernonia cinerea as a medication to aid smoker to quit smoking because it is cheaper than other current therapeutic medications. The objective of this study is to evaluate efficacy and safety of Vernonia cinerea lozenge for smoking cessation when compared to placebo.

Detailed Description

This study is a multicenter randomized, paralleled, double blind, controlled trial. This study will include 260 patients from Lerdsin hospital, Chest institute, Phramongkutklao hospital, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital and Paolo Memorial Phaholyothin hospital who would like to quit smoke. Patients will be assigned into two groups, Vernonia cinerea group (n=130) and placebo group (n=130), both groups will be instructed to take one lozenge three times a day for three months. The two groups will receive individual counseling about smoking cessation technique by trained healthcare professional on every visit. The main primary outcome for this study is continuous abstinence rate (CAR), define as self-report of no cigarette smoking, not even a puff since target quit date, plus passed biochemical validation for 1 month.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-09-01
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-30
• Study Completion: 2021-12-31
• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-02-12
• Study First Posted: 2024-02-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 93

Inclusion Criteria

• Age at least 18 years old
• Have at least 1 underlying non-communicable disease include hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, stable asthma (defined as no asthmatic exacerbation for the preceding 4 weeks necessitating oral prednisolone or an increased use of inhaled corticosteroid, the use of rescue treatment no more than three times a week, and with no clinical indication for change in treatment medication) COPD stage A-C according to GOLD guideline, chronic kidney diseases
• Smoke 10 cigarettes or over per day at least 1 month prior to study
• Desired to quit smoking
• Consent to participate in study

Exclusion Criteria

• Renal dysfunction (GFR < 30 ml/mins/1.73m2)
• Liver dysfunction (Child-Pugh score C)
• Hyperkalemia (serum potassium ≥ 5 mEq/L)
• Documented of active depression or psychosis
• Active cancer
• History of acute coronary syndrome in previous 4 weeks
• Known case of pregnancy or lactation
• Use other tobacco products or other addictive substances except alcohol
• Use other smoking cessation drugs

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Placebo group	Placebo	1 placebo lozenges 3 times per day
Vernonia cinerea group	Vernonia cinerea	1 lozenges 3 times per day

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
continuous abstinence rate	1 month	self-report of no cigarette smoking, not even a puff since target quit date, plus passed biochemical validation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
continuous abstinence rate (CAR) and point prevalence rate	3,6 and 12 months	self-report of no cigarette smoking, not even a puff since target quit date, plus passed biochemical validation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Krittin Bunditanukul; 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand