Arterial Inflammation and E-Cigarettes
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Arterial Inflammation
- Interventions
- Other: No drug or device, only a test. The test is called a PET/CT
- Registration Number
- NCT02734888
- Lead Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Brief Summary
Arterial inflammation will be compared using PET scanning in 3 groups: 1) Non-smokers, 2) Tobacco cigarette smokers, 3) Electronic cigarette users.
- Detailed Description
Qualified participants will undergo a singe PET/CT to detect arterial inflammation.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy
- Nonsmokers OR
- Daily e-cigarette user OR
- Daily tobacco cigarette smoker
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Exclusion Criteria
- Cardiac disease
- Respiratory Disease
- Diabetes mellitus
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Tobacco cigarette smoker No drug or device, only a test. The test is called a PET/CT Will undergo PET scan as a "positive control" Healthy control No drug or device, only a test. The test is called a PET/CT Will undergo PET scan as a "negative control" E-cigarette user No drug or device, only a test. The test is called a PET/CT Will undergo PET scan
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method target-to-background ratio (TBR) intraoperative TBR will be detected on the scan
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
UCaliforniaLA
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States