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Reduced Exposure Study in Smokers Using the Tobacco Heating System 2.2 (THS 2.2) for 5 Days in a Confinement Setting

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Smoking
Registration Number
NCT01970982
Lead Sponsor
Philip Morris Products S.A.
Brief Summary

The overall goal of the study is to evaluate if the ad libitum use of the Tobacco Heating System 2.2 (THS 2.2) for 5 consecutive days by adult Japanese healthy smokers affects the levels of biomarkers of exposure for selected harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) compared to smoking conventional cigarettes (CC) and smoking abstinence (SA).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
166
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subject is Japanese.
  • Smoking, healthy subject as judged by the Investigator.
  • Subject smokes at least 10 commercially available non-menthol CCs per day (no brand restrictions) for the last 4 weeks, based on self reporting.
  • Subject has smoked for at least the last 3 consecutive years.
  • Subject does not plan to quit smoking in the next 3 months.
Exclusion Criteria
  • As per Investigator judgment, the subject cannot participate in the study for any reason (e.g., medical, psychiatric, and/or social reason).
  • The subject has received medication within 14 days or within 5 half-lives of the medication (whichever is longer), which has an impact on CYP1A2 or CYP2A6 activity.
  • For women: Subject is pregnant or is breast feeding.
  • For women: Subject does not agree to use an acceptable method of effective contraception.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Concentration of Monohydroxybutenyl Mercapturic Acid (MHBMA)5 days

Concentrations measured at Day 5 in urine, adjusted for creatinine.

Geometric Least Squares LS) means are provided as descriptive statistics.

Concentration of 3-hydroxypropylmercapturic Acid (3-HPMA)5 days

Concentrations measured at Day 5 in urine, adjusted for creatinine.

Geometric Least Squares means are provided as descriptive statistics.

Concentration of S-phenylmercapturic Acid (S-PMA)5 days

Concentrations measured at Day 5 in urine, adjusted for creatinine.

Geometric Least Squares means are provided as descriptive statistics.

Levels of Carboxyhemoglobin (COHb)5 days

% COHb blood measurements performed in the evening of Day 5, expressed as % of saturation of hemoglobin.

Geometric Least Squares means are provided as descriptive statistics.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Higashi Shinjuku Clinic, Daito Building, 1-11-3, Okubo, Shinjuku-ku

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Tokyo, Japan

Higashi Shinjuku Clinic, Daito Building, 1-11-3, Okubo, Shinjuku-ku
🇯🇵Tokyo, Japan

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