A Study to See if Brain Stimulation, Laser Therapy, and Behavioural Counseling Help People Quit Smoking.

Comparative evaluation of effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation laser therapy and behavioral counseling in tobacco cessation A randomised controlled trial - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/08/092506

Enrollment

Registered

2025-08-06

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-08-18

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Participants will undergo rTMS therapy over the left DLPFC in two visits with a one week interval between treatments for four weeks Control

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy volunteers with or without any systemic disease,or psychological disorders were included in the study. Participants should be current tobacco users with low to moderate nicotine dependence.Participants who are self-willing to quit tobacco.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects addicted to drugs, subjects with systemic diseases, psychological disorders, and subjects taking antibiotics within last 3 weeks. Subjects using current NRT or other smoking cessation aids

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Urinary Cotinine level, Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine DependenceTimepoint: At baseline assessment and at weekly intervals for four weeks after the interventional therapy.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of consumption, Physical symptomsTimepoint: At baseline assessment and at weekly intervals for four weeks after the interventional therapy.	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Mahesh R Khairnar

Banaras Hindu University

kmahesh222@gmail.com7045653288

Outcome results