Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:46 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:46 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03717051
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Hong Kong residents
* aged 18 to 65 years
* have used any tobacco products in the past month
* able to read and speak Chinese
* have not used NRT for the past month
Exclusion Criteria:
* Have severe angina, serious cardiac arrhythmias and hypertension
* Have suffered from acute myocardial event in the past 4 weeks
* Pregnant nor breastfeeding
* Under medication and treatment due to mental illness
One of the inclusion criteria was "smoke 10 cigarettes or more per day in the past week" and is amended to "have used any tobacco products in the past month". The initial intention of setting the inclusion criteria of at least 10 cigarettes per day (CPD) is to recruit smokers who have moderate to strong level of craving and a greater need for NRT. However, we also recognize that one of the objectives of the research is to promote the use of NRT for quit attempts with NRT sampling. In fact, smokers who smoke less than 10 CPD can also benefit from using NRT gums. Therefore, the change in the inclusion criteria does not deviate from our research aim. In contrast, with the removal of the criterion for CPD, we will be able to reach out to a larger group of smoking population and encourage more smokers to use NRT to quit smoking
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT03717051
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03717051