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The Efficacy of Combining Music Intervention With Nicotine Replacement Therapy to Reduce Smoking Craving, Among Healthcare Professionals Who Are Trying to Quit.
Sponsor: Poitiers University Hospital
Summary
Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death and disease worldwide. The health benefits of quitting smoking are well-documented. Healthcare professionals play a key role in the fight against smoking. Nevertheless, they are also affected by smoking, with a prevalence ranging from 16% to 43%, depending on their profession. Furthermore, their smoking status impacts how they deliver smoking cessation treatments. A randomised controlled pilot trial to compare the efficacy of combining music intervention with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) with NRT alone in managing smoking craving among 50 healthcare professionals who smoke is proposed. Furthermore, given that the risk of relapse exceeds 50% in the first 12 months after quitting smoking and that this has harmful consequences for patients, this study also aims to identify predictors of successful cessation. In an ancillary study, the MUSICAT-BIO project, the association between successful cessation and both the gut microbiota and epigenetic regulation of BDNF is evaluated. Due to the limited available literature, a group of non-smoking volunteers is included in this study to enable comparison of the gut microbiota and BDNF epigenetic regulation between: 1) smokers and non-smokers; 2) abstinent and active smokers; and 3) abstinent smokers and non-smokers.
Official title: The Efficacy to Reduce Smoking Craving of Combining Music Intervention With Nicotine Replacement Therapy Among Healthcare Professionals Who Are Trying to Quit: a Pilot Randomised Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2026-03-01
Completion Date
2030-02-01
Last Updated
2026-02-17
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT, nicotine patch)
NRT: Nicotine Patch, Nicotine Gum
Music intervention
Music therapy carried out with Music care
Biological collection
Stool, blood, and saliva samples
Locations (1)
Poitiers University Hospital
Poitiers, France