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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02991781
Date of registration: 05/05/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Public title: Combined Bio- and Neuro- Feedback vs. Varenicline Use for Smoking Cessation
Scientific title: Multidisciplinary Tools for Improving the Efficacy of Public Prevention Measures Against Smoking
Date of first enrolment: January 2017
Target sample size: 106
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02991781
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Health Services Research. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Bulgaria Cyprus Greece
Contacts
Name:     Panos Bamidis, Ass. Prof
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Affiliation:  Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Being continuous tobacco smokers (>10 cigarettes per day) for at least 6 months

- Being unemployed for at least 3 months

- Being diagnosed with Asthma

- Being diagnosed with C.O.P.D.

- Age < 35, for the group of Young Unemployed

- Age >35 years, for the groups of Asthma and C.O.P.D. patients

Exclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosed neurological, mental or psychiatric illness

- Drug-resistance epilepsy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Asthma
Smoking
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Intervention(s)
Other: Passive Control
Other: Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Training
Other: Sham Neurofeedback
Drug: Varenicline use for smoking cessation
Primary Outcome(s)
Neurofeedback vs. Varenicline efficacy for smoking cessation [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
General health [Time Frame: 2 years]
Depression [Time Frame: 2 years]
Neuroplastic effects of combined bio- and neuro- feedback training in the resting state cortical activity [Time Frame: 2 years]
Effectiveness in changing quality of life as measured by EuroQL-5D [Time Frame: 2 years]
Neuroplastic effects of combined bio- and neuro- feedback training in the mismatch negativity response [Time Frame: 2 years]
Anxiety [Time Frame: 2 years]
Sleep quality during varenicline use [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
SEP-210254111
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN BULGARIA
AAI Scientific Cultural Services Ltd (AAISCS)
Ethics review
Results
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