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Alternate Nicotine Delivery Systems and Airway Epithelial Biology

NCT01974063 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2018-05-03

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Summary

Cigarette smoking evokes major changes in the biology of the airway epithelium, the cell population that takes the brunt of the stress of cigarette smoke and the cell population central to the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. The focus of this study is to identify the differences that two popular alternative nicotine delivery strategies, shisha and electronic cigarettes, have on the airway epithelium compared to cigarette smoking. We hypothesize that both alternative nicotine delivery strategies disorder airway epithelial biology, but in different ways than does cigarette smoking.

Conditions

  • Smoking
  • Smoking Cessation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ronald G Crystal, MD · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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