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Does use of brief intervention, a type of motivational interview technique to quit tobacco lead to better pain relief in patients with chronic pancreatitis and tobacco use as compared to standard of care

Brief intervention for tobacco addiction in addition to standard of care for pain relief in chronic pancreatitis: A parallel group, superiority, randomized trial - nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/10/096726
Enrollment
66
Registered
2025-10-31
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-11-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: K860- Alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis

Interventions

Intervention1: Brief intervention: Brief intervention, a non-pharmacological motivational interviewing approach shown to help quit tobacco will be administered by a trained psychiatrist with 5 years

Sponsors

Indian Council of Medical Research
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Chronic pancreatitis with active tobacco intake (more than 1 cigarette/bidi/pack of gutkha/khaini per day more than 6 months) 2. Age more than 18 years 3. Those who give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with chronic pancreatitis with no tobacco intake or less than 1 bidi/cigarette/pack of khaini/guthka per day) 2.Pancreatic cancer 3.Mass-forming chronic pancreatitis 4.Pre-diagnosed psychiatric comorbidities 5.Pregnancy 6.Patients with chronic pancreatitis and symptomatic peptic ulcer disease/biliary stricture or pseudocyst requiring drainage. 7.Patients with non-dilated pancreatic duct and stones filling the pancreatic duct till body-tail region.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Difference in Izbicki pain score between the two intervention arms at 6 monthsTimepoint: Difference in Izbicki pain score between the two intervention arms at 6 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Proportion of patients with complete pain relief (Izbicki score less than 10)Timepoint: 6 months;Proportion of patients with partial pain relief (Izbicki score more than 10 but more than 25% decline)Timepoint: 6 months;Proportion of patients abstinent as per Russell standardTimepoint: 6 months;Proportion of patients with self-reported abstinenceTimepoint: 6 months;Proportion of patients with more than 50% decline in tobacco intakeTimepoint: 6 months;Time to recidivism from the quit dateTimepoint: follow up of six months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAnshuman Elhence

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

anshu27790@gmail.com08587935706

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026