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Does Sildenafil Increase Exercise Performance in Air Pollution?

NCT00808912 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2010-06-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if the ingestion of a standard dose of sildenafil enhances the athletic performance of competitive athletes when exercising in a high pollutant environment verses a low air pollutant environment.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Artery Pressure
  • Exercise Performance
  • Air Pollution

Interventions

DRUG

sildenafil

sildenafil 50 mg ingested orally 1 hour prior to exercise testing

OTHER

placebo

matching placebo for sildenafil 50 mg to be ingested orally 1 hour prior to exercise testing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Marywood University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth W Rundell, Ph.D. · Marywood University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2010-02-28
Completion
2010-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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