Actively Recruiting
Effect of Yoga on Reducing Craving in Tobacco Dependent Individuals
Led by University of Pittsburgh · Updated on 2025-12-02
96
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
112 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Pittsburgh
Lead Sponsor
F
Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Yoga is a culturally acceptable practice that can reduce craving and help people quit tobacco. There is a need to evaluate the feasibility of implementation of a well- designed yoga protocol to address craving in individuals who use tobacco in India.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effect of Yoga on Reducing Craving in Tobacco Dependent Individuals
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Tobacco dependent individuals with a Fagerstrom test score of 4 or higher
- Men aged 18 to 65 years
- Recruited from Rural community health and training centre, Mugalur, Tobacco cessation centre, and various outpatient departments at SJMCH
You will not qualify if you...
- Recent alcohol use in the last 3 months or use of other drugs of abuse
- Clinical diagnosis of intellectual disability
- Major mental illnesses diagnosed within the last 6 months including dementia, psychosis, recurrent depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, OCD, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and phobias
- Recent myocardial infarction or stroke within the last 3 months
- Physical inability to perform yoga postures due to disabilities
- Severe hypertension (systolic BP ≥180 mmHg and diastolic BP ≥120 mmHg)
- Seizure disorder
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (GOLD stages 2, 3, and 4)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
St.John's Medical College and Hospital
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 560029
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
V
Vishwajit L Nimgaonkar, MD, PhD
CONTACT
T
Triptish Bhatia, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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