Recruiting
Phase 2

Auricular Acupressure

Sponsor:

Queen's University

Code:

NCT01389622

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

acupuncture

acupuncture

Study Details

Brief summary:

Auricular acupressure has been practiced in China and Germany to help people in smoking cessation programs. The purpose of this clinical trial is to test for the clinical effectiveness of self-administered auricular acupressure as a non-invasive method for smoking cessation.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Study ID

NCT01389622

Start date

Jul, 2011

Status verified date

Mar, 2014

Completion date

Jan, 2016

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2015

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants are included in the study if they satisfy the following criteria:

  • Male or female.
  • Between 18 and 75 years of age inclusive.
  • Able to provide informed consent to study.
  • History of tobacco cigarette smoking for at least 6 months.
  • Confirmed intention of smoking cessation with no more than 2 previous failed attempts in the last 3 year.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Existing pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation.
  • History of major psychiatric disorder or chronic pain syndromes.
  • More than 2 failed attempts of smoking cessation in the previous 3 years.
  • History of other substance abuse.
  • History of atopy, or suspected/known allergy to plaster.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Arm 1: NADA points and digital pressure

Arm 1: NADA points and digital pressure with urge.

experimental: Arm 2: random points + digital pressure with urge

Arm 2 (20 participants): random points + digital pressure with urge

no intervention: Arm 3 (20 participants): NO acupressure, only advice + support

Interventions

acupuncture

National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) points + digital pressure

acupuncture

random points + digital pressure

Primary outcome measure

  • Spot 7-day cessation rate [ Time Frame: Weekly during the intervention period (weeks 1-6) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Lawrence Leung, MD

613-533-9303lawrence.leung@dfm.queensu.ca

Jyoti Kotecha, MPA

613-533-6000jyoti.kotecha@cspc.queensu.ca

Locations

Queen's Family Health Team

Recruiting

Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 5E9

Contacts

Lawrence Leung, MD

613-533-9300

Jyoti Kotecha, MPA

613-533-6000jyoti.kotecha@dfm.queensu.ca

More Information

Sponsor

Queen's University

Last update posted

Nov 18, 2014

Last verified

Mar, 2014

Keywords

  • Acupuncture
  • smoking cessation

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Queen's University on 2014-11-18.