Status:
TERMINATED
Effects of Nicotine-Free Hookah Smoking on Blood Flow to the Heart, Muscle and Skin
Lead Sponsor:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Conditions:
Nicotine-free Hookah Smoking
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-39 years
Phase:
PHASE1
PHASE2
Brief Summary
This is a pilot study on the acute effects of nicotine-free hookah (herbal/steam stones) smoking on the sympathetic neural control of the human cardiovascular system. Hookah smoking is known to transi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 to 39 years of age
- Habitual Hookah smoker defined as having smoked Hookah \>=12 times in the past 12 months
- Have not smoked cigarettes within the past 12 months
Exclusion
- Exhaled carbon monoxide level greater than 10 ppm\* as evidence of current or recent cigarette (excluded if smoked cigarette within 12 months) or Hookah smoking (excluded if smoked Hookah within past 72 hours)
- History of cardiopulmonary disease
- Use of any prescription medication with exception of oral contraceptive pills
- History of psychiatric illness
- History of neurologic disease
- BMI ≥ 35
- Evidence of any of the above by physical examination, ECG or echocardiogram
- Smoked cigarette in the past 12 months
- History of illicit drug use
- Pregnant
- Any other condition(s) deemed by the physician investigators that put subjects at risk for participating in the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
9 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02310373
Start Date
November 1 2014
End Date
December 1 2018
Last Update
January 13 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048