Status:
UNKNOWN
Airway Dysfunction and Remodelling in Athletes Following Swimming Training in Chlorinated Pools
Lead Sponsor:
Laval University
Conditions:
Asthma
Airway Hyperresponsiveness
Eligibility:
All Genders
14-35 years
Brief Summary
Swimmers show the highest prevalence of asthma among elite athletes, certainly due to chlorine exposure. The consequences of a chronic exposure to chlorine compounds by swimmers and the mechanisms of ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 14 to 35 years old
- To swim at least 10h per week
- For control subjects, non-competitive healthy subjects
Exclusion
- any disease that may interfere with the tests for the controls
- Triathletes are excluded
- Smokers
- Obese or with a BMI more than 29
- Former athletes (control group)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00686452
Start Date
March 1 2007
End Date
May 1 2009
Last Update
December 22 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Centre de recherche en pneumologie et en cardiologie de l'hôpital Laval
Québec, Quebec, Canada, G1V4G5