A multicenter randomised controlled clinical trial for evaluating the efficacy of acupuncture plus auricular point pressing in smoking cessatio
- Conditions
- Tobacco dependence
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR1900002851
- Lead Sponsor
- The First Afflicated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. volunteer to quit tobacco smoking;
2. age between 18 and 65 years;
3. smoking age >= 1 year;
4. currently daily smoker of >= 20 cigarettes per day in the past 1 year;
5. the Detection of cotinine in saliva is positive;
6. having a FTND( Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence ) score >= 4;
7. signing the consent form insuring that the participants understand and take part in the trail voluntarily;
8. stopping others smoking cessation treatments for a period of more than 1 month.
1. suffering from severe heart, lung, brain, blood system diseases and diabetes;
2. drug user, or diagnosed with mental illness;
3. People with stroke or nervous system diseases;
4. suffering from an undiagnosed disease;
5. people who have a coagulation disorder or are taking anticoagulant drugs;
6. currently pregnant or breast feeding;
7. accepting other smoking cessation therapy such as acupuncture, auricular therapy, nicotine replacement therapy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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