Status:

COMPLETED

Evaluation of Environmental Emissions From Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco-Burning Cigarettes

Lead Sponsor:

R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company

Collaborating Sponsors:

Covance

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Conditions:

Smoking

Eligibility:

All Genders

21-99 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study will assess environmental emissions of selected compounds in a test chamber after cigarette smoking or e-cigarette vaping.

Detailed Description

Secondhand smoke is the aged and diluted combination of smoke exhaled by a smoker and sidestream smoke (smoke from the lit end of a cigarette). Electronic cigarettes are different from tobacco-burning...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Able to read, understand, and willing to sign an Informed Consent Form (ICF) and complete questionnaires written in English.
  • Generally healthy males or females, 21 years of age or older at Screening.
  • Able to meet cohort-specific requirements as follows:
  • Cohort 1 - Leading U.S. tobacco-burning non-menthol cigarette, and
  • Cohort 2 - Leading U.S. tobacco-burning menthol cigarette:
  • self-reports at the Screening Visit smoking at least 5 cigarettes per day and inhaling the smoke, for at least 3 months prior to Screening
  • self-reports smoking Leading U.S. tobacco-burning non-menthol cigarette or Leading U.S. tobacco-burning menthol cigarette as usual brand (UB) cigarettes \[UB cigarette is defined as the cigarette brand style currently smoked most frequently by the participant\];
  • Cohort 3 - Electronic cigarette #1 smokers, and
  • Cohort 4 - Electronic cigarette #2 smokers:
  • self-reports at the Screening Visit smoking a non-menthol e-cigarette at least once per day, for at least 3 months prior to Screening;
  • willing to switch from using their current e-cigarette brand style to using a different e-cigarette brand style during the study;
  • Cohort 5 - Electronic cigarette #3 smokers:
  • self-reports at the Screening Visit smoking a menthol e-cigarette at least once per day, for at least 3 months prior to Screening;
  • willing to switch from using their current e-cigarette brand style to using a different e-cigarette brand style during the study;
  • Cohort 6 - U.S Market-sample electronic cigarette smokers:
  • self-reports at the Screening Visit smoking the selected U.S. market-sample e-cigarettes (menthol or non-menthol) at least once per day, for at least three months prior to Screening;
  • willing to continue exclusive use of their preferred style (flavor) of e-cigarette during the study.
  • Females of childbearing potential must be willing to use a form of contraception acceptable to the Investigator from the time of signing informed consent until study discharge or be surgically sterile for at least 90 days prior to enrollment;
  • Able to safely perform the required study procedures, as determined by the Investigator.

Exclusion

  • Clinically significant or unstable/uncontrolled acute or chronic medical conditions at Screening, as determined by the Investigator, that would preclude a participant from participating safely in the study (e.g., hypertension, asthma, or other lung disease; cardiac disease; neurological disease; or psychiatric disorders) based on screening assessments such as safety labs and medical history or physical examination at Enrollment;
  • Self-reports or safety labs indicate diabetes;
  • At risk for heart disease, as determined by the Investigator;
  • Use of medicine for treatment of depression or asthma;
  • Systolic blood pressure of ≥150 mmHg or a diastolic blood pressure of ≥95 mmHg, measured after being seated for 5 minutes;
  • Postponing a decision to quit smoking (defined as planning a quit attempt within 30 days of the Screening Visit) to participate in this study;
  • Employed by a tobacco company, the study site, or environmental test chamber vendor;
  • Females who have a positive pregnancy test, are pregnant, breastfeeding, or intend to become pregnant during the course of the study;
  • History of claustrophobia;
  • Regularly exposed to solvent fumes or gasoline (e.g., painter, gas-station mini mart employee);
  • Determined by the Investigator to be inappropriate for this study, including a participant who is unable to communicate or unwilling to cooperate with the clinical staff.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

71 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02185898

Start Date

May 1 2014

End Date

February 1 2015

Last Update

June 1 2018

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Clinical Research Atlanta

Stockbridge, Georgia, United States, 30281