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Workplace Tobacco Cessation And Oral Cancer Screening Study

NCT00750503 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2008-09-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Tata Memorial Hospital has initiated Workplace Tobacco Cessation and Oral Cancer Screening Programme in Chemical Industry at Khed, Ratnagiri. Appropriate interventions for tobacco cessation will be carried at monthly intervals for twelve months duration. The tobacco cessation rates based on history will be validated with the urinary cotinine levels.

Conditions

  • Tobacco Cessation
  • Oral Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioural and Pharmacotherapy for tobacco cessation

Professional help in the form of health awareness sessions, focus group discussion, one to one counseling and pharmacotherapy was provided to the employees by a team of doctors and counselors from Tata Memorial Hospital. Self reporting of tobacco history was validated with Rapid Urine cotinine test. Naked eye examination of oral cavity of all employees for detection of oral pre-cancers and cancers was conducted. Nursing staff and Doctors attached to the industry and from the local referral hospital were invited to participate as trainees during the active intervention sessions for local manpower development.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Department of Atomic Energy

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Tata Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-30
Primary Completion
2008-06-30
Completion
2008-08-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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