Status:
RECRUITING
Effect of Yoga on Reducing Craving in Tobacco Dependent Individuals
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pittsburgh
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health
St.John's Medical College and Hospital
Conditions:
Tobacco Dependence
Eligibility:
MALE
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Yoga is a culturally acceptable practice that can reduce craving and help people quit tobacco. There is a need to evaluate the feasibility of implementation of a well- designed yoga protocol to addres...
Detailed Description
There is a high prevalence of tobacco use in the community that continue to remain underserved in terms of intervention and support for their tobacco use. Yoga is a culturally acceptable practice that...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- -Tobacco dependent individuals (Fagerstrom test for tobacco dependence score more than or equal to 4)
- -Men aged 18 to 65 years
- -Recruited from Rural community health and training centre, Mugalur, Tobacco cessation centre and OPDs of Department of general medicine, pulmonary medicine, cardiology, oncology, ENT and dental surgery and other superspeciality OPD at SJMCH
Exclusion
- Patients with recent alcohol use (last 3 months) and use of other drugs of abuse
- -Patients with clinical diagnosis of Intellectual disability
- -Comorbid Major mental illness including Dementia, Psychosis, Recurrent depressive disorder, Bipolar affective disorder, OCD, generalized anxiety disorder, Panic disorder and Phobias, diagnosed within the last 6 months.
- -Patients with recent MI and stroke in the last 3 months or those physically unable to perform the yoga postures due to physical disabilities determined by clinical interview.
- -Patients with severe hypertension(SBP≥180mmHg and BP≥120mmHg)
- -Patients with seizures disorder
- -Patients with COPD(GOLD-2,3 and 4)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
96 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06488443
Start Date
November 1 2024
End Date
December 31 2026
Last Update
December 2 2025
Active Locations (1)
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St.John's Medical College and Hospital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 560029