Comparison of Nicotine Gum and Nicotine Patch for Quitting Tobacco and Improving Quality of Life

Comparative Assessment of the efficacy of Nicotine Chewing Gum and Nicotine Patch on Health-Related Quality of Life, Withdrawal Symptoms and Tobacco abstinence using Urine Cotinine level as a Validation measure A Randomized Controlled Trial - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2026/04/108600

Enrollment

Registered

2026-04-17

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-04-27

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Nicotine Patch: Duration - 3 months Dose - 21 mg patch per day 1st-6th week: 21/14mg per day, 7th-9th week: 14/7 mg per day 10th-12th week: 7mg per day. Control Intervention1: Nico

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subjects who are willing to quit tobacco habit. Subjects who will provide informed consent for the participation. Subjects with Fagerstrom scale more than 5. Subjects who are using either smoked tobacco or smokeless tobacco.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects who are unwilling to quit the habit post counselling. Subjects who will not provide informed consent. Subjects who are currently using any other behavioral or pharmacological tobacco dependence treatment program. Subjects those who are on other addictions alcohol / drugs Pregnant and lactating mothers. Subjects who are hypersensitive to nicotine. Subjects those with history of significant psychosis/cognitive impairment, cardiac arrhythmia or unstable angina will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
effectiveness of nicotine chewing gumTimepoint: 3 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
effectiveness of nicotine patchTimepoint: 3 months	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSoumya Snigdhya Das

Pacific Dental College and Hospital

kailashasawaudr@yahoo.com9829040314

Outcome results