Doctors and nurses get a new tune to kick the habit: music therapy plus nicotine patch tested
NCT ID NCT07412717
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tests whether adding music therapy to nicotine replacement therapy (patches and gum) helps healthcare professionals reduce smoking cravings more than nicotine therapy alone. 80 participants will be split into two groups and followed for 3 months. The study also looks at gut bacteria and genetics to find predictors of quitting success.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Nicotine patch and nicotine gum
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to help healthcare professionals quit smoking by combining music with standard nicotine replacement therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study (80 people) that hasn't started yet. The music intervention may not reduce cravings more than nicotine therapy alone, and results may not apply to the general public.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>=18 years old * To be a free subject, without guardianship, curatorship or subordination. * To be affiliated with a Social Security scheme, or benefit from it through a third party. * Written Informed consent signed by the subject after receiving clear and honest information about the study. * Healthcare professionals include administrative and technical professionals working in the healthcare sector in the private, public or independent sectors. * Smoking at least 6 cigarettes per day for at least 6 months. * Being motivated to quit smoking Exclusion Criteria: * Unstabilized depression * Psychosis and/or cognitive impairment and/or mental retardation or chronic use of medication for these disorders, * Addictive comorbidity such as alcoholism or abuse of substances other than tobacco, * Persons benefiting from enhanced protection, namely minors, persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision, persons staying in a health or social institution, and finally patients in emergency situations. * Roommates, spouses, or family members already included in the study (to avoid interference with treatment) * Contraindication to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) * Use of medication to quit smoking (NRT, bupropion), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), hypnotherapy, acupuncture in the last 3 months * Use of an electronic cigarette to quit smoking in the last 3 months * Concurrent participation in another clinical research study until visit V4 of this study. MUSICAT-BIO Exclusion Criteria (ancillary study, 30 healthy volunteers): * Not be a smoker or former smoker, nor a vaper or former vaper (including nicotine-free vaping), * Chronic diseases, * Systemic corticosteroid treatment, * Anti-infective treatment in the previous 3 weeks (antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, etc.), * Concurrent participation in another interventional clinical research study.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Poitiers University Hospital
Poitiers, France
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