NCT03742700

Acute Health Effects of Short-term Use of E-cigarettes on Pulmonary and Cardiovascular System

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Silesia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of our study was to assess acute, short term respiratory (airflow, FeNO, O2 saturation, exhaled air temperature) and cardiovascular (heart rate, blood pressure) responses to smoking an e-cigarette in exclusive e-smokers and dual users and to compare these effects with responses to smoking a tobacco-cigarette in exclusive tobacco smokers.

Conditions

• E-cigarette

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cigarette smoking	T-smokers were asked to smoke a cigarette of one of the popular brands (0.6mg nicotine per one cigarette) according to their everyday habits.
BEHAVIORAL	E-cigarette use	E-smokers and dual users were instructed to use e-cigarettes (12 mg/ml nicotine) in accordance with everyday habits for 5 minutes.
BEHAVIORAL	Simulation of the use of e-cigarette	The control subjects were asked to simulate the use of e-cigarettes (a device without e-liquid where aerosol was not created or inhaled).

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-04-01
• Completion: 2018-06-01
• First posted: 2018-11-15
• Last updated: 2018-11-15