Details of random controlled trails of acupuncture for smoking cessation
| Author | n | Treatment | Sustained treatment | Control procedure(s) | Duration of follow up | |||||
| Sham-controlled RCTs | ||||||||||
| Clavel19 | 996 | Facial (+ nicotine/placebo gum) | NA | Sham (+ nicotine/placebo gum) | 13 months | |||||
| Gilbey21 | 92 | Auriculo | i.n. | Sham | 3 months | |||||
| Gillams22 | 81 | Auriculo | i.n. | (a) Sham | 6 months | |||||
| (b) Behaviour | ||||||||||
| Lacroix24 | 117 | Face | NA | Sham | 2 weeks | |||||
| Lagrue25 | 154 | Face | NA | Sham | ||||||
| Lamontagne26 | 75 | Auriculo | NA | (a) Body, for relaxation | 6 months | |||||
| (b) Waiting list | ||||||||||
| Martin29 | 134 | (a) Auriculo | i.n. | (a) Sham | 6 months | |||||
| 126 | (b) Auriculo + EA | (b) Sham | ||||||||
| Parker30 | 21 | (a) Auriculo | i.n. | (a) Sham | 6 weeks | |||||
| 20 | (b) Auriculo + EA | (b) Sham | ||||||||
| Steiner31 | 22 | Body + auriculo | i.n. | Sham | 4 weeks | |||||
| Vandevenne32 | 200 | Face + body | NA | Sham | 12 months | |||||
| RCTs using other controls | ||||||||||
| Clavel17 | 665 | Facial | NA | (a) Nicotine gum | 13 months | |||||
| (b) Timed cigarette case | ||||||||||
| Cottraux20 | 558 | Auriculo + facial | NA | (a) Behaviour | 12 months | |||||
| (b) Placebo | ||||||||||
| (c) Waiting list | ||||||||||
| Labadie23 | 130 | Auriculo + face + body | NA | Medical | 12 months | |||||
| Leung27 | 95 | Auriculo | i.n. | (a) Behaviour | 6 months | |||||
| (b) Waiting list | ||||||||||
EA = electroacupuncture; i.n. = indwelling needle.
NA = not applicable.