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Study to Evaluate Music Therapy and Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Craving Related to Smoking Cessation in Health Staff

Study to Evaluate Music Therapy and Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Craving Related to Smoking Cessation in Health Staff

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18 years and older
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Phase N/A

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Overview

The study is a randomized, controlled trial comparing music therapy associated to NRT versus NRT alone to evaluate the value of music therapy in improving the management of craving among 50 health staff smokers. This pilot multi-method study will combine the methodology of clinical trial with qualitative techniques used in social sciences to show the interest of a digital music therapy tool, adapted to a health staff audience.

Description

The participants will be recruited at the Clinical Investigation Center (CIC) of the University Hospital of Poitiers. At baseline visit, they will be randomly 1:1 assigned to receive either music therapy and NRT or NRT alone for 3 months.

During the 3 months after Target Quit Date (TQD) , 3 visits will be performed by practitioners and nurses at the CIC. They will register smoking status of the participant, exhaled carbon monoxide concentration, body weight and all adverse events. Participants will answer questionnaires (FTCQ-12,Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale ( HAD), Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale (MNWS), Impulsive Behavior Scale (UPPS), State-trait Anxiety Inventory Forme Y (STAI-Y)).

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Health staff,
  • Age >= 18 years
  • Smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day for at least 6 months
  • motivated to quit smoking
  • without legal tutors or subordination
  • affiliated to a health insurance system as required by the French law on biomedical research
  • written informed consent for participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Roommates and couples
  • NRT contraindication
  • unstabilised depression
  • psychosis and/or cognitive disorder and/or mental retardation
  • substance misuse or alcohol dependence
  • smoking-cessation medication (NRT, bupropion) or undergoing cognitive-behavioral therapy or hypnotherapy for smoking cessation in the last 3 months
  • electronic cigarette for smoking cessation in the last 3 months
  • participating in a study up to visit 4
  • Persons benefiting from enhanced protection, i.e.persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, adults under legal and finally patients in a vital emergency situation.

Study details
    Smoking Cessation

NCT06130423

Poitiers University Hospital

15 October 2025

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