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Smoking and Ventricular Repolarization

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Sudden Cardiac Death
Prolonged QTc Interval
Registration Number
NCT03916341
Lead Sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles
Brief Summary

Randomized controlled trial of acute use of electronic cigarette or tobacco cigarette on parameters of ventricular repolarization.

Detailed Description

Non-user or chronic electronic cigarette (EC) users will use an EC or control on three occasions:1) EC with nicotine, 2) EC without nicotine, 3) empty EC (control).

Chronic tobacco cigarette (TC) smokers will use a TC or control on three occasions: 1) TC with nicotine (subject's own brand), 2) research TC with very low nicotine, 3) straw (control). The electrocardiogram will be recorded before and after acute exposures and analyzed for parameters representative of ventricular repolarization.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
110
Inclusion Criteria
  • Healthy non-smokers chronic TC smokers (non-e-cig users) Chronic EC smokers (Non-TC smokers)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Cardiac disease, respiratory disease, diabetes

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Tpe/QTChange in Tpe/QT 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after cigarette use

ratio of intervals indicative of ventricular repolarization measured on ECG

Tpe/QTcChange in Tpe/QTc 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after cigarette use

ratio of intervals indicative of ventricular repolarization measured on ECG

TpeChange in Tpe 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after cigarette use

interval indicative of ventricular repolarization measured on ECG

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
QTChange in QT 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after cigarette use

interval indicative of ventricular repolarization measured on ECG

QTcChange in QTc 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after cigarette use

interval indicative of ventricular repolarization measured on ECG

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UCaliforniaLA

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

UCaliforniaLA
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States

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