Clinical trials: Healthy Non-smokers
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Endotoxin and Inflammatory Markers in Healthy Non-Smokers and Current Smokers Including Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effects of inhaled lipopolysaccharide endotoxin (LPS) on bronchial and alveolar exhaled nitric oxide (NO) and NO metabolites and other inflammatory markers and mediators in…
- Trial name
- NCT00159289
- Testing
- Inhalation of LPS
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Healthy
Glycemic and Insulinemic Index Determination of Two Products: Fructilight® and A Fruit Fructo-Oligosaccharides in Sweet Matrix
The aim of the study is to determine glycemic and insulinemic index of 2 sweet syrups : FructiLight® and fruit Fructo-oligosaccharides in sweet matrix compared to glucose.
- Trial name
- IGNUT (NCT01343797)
- Testing
- Glycemic and insulinemic index tests of a fruit fructose syrup and a fruit fructo-oligosaccharid syrup
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CRITT Bio-Industries
Smoking Cessation
Safety and Pharmacodynamics of SEL-068 Vaccine in Smokers and Non-Smokers
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and pharmacodynamics of SEL-068. Increasing subcutaneous doses of SEL-068 will be administered to healthy non-smoker and smoker volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT01478893
- Testing
- SEL-068, Saline
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selecta Biosciences, Inc.
Healthy Participants, Tobacco Smokers
Evaluation of the Effect of a Nasal Allergen Challenge With Dermatophagoides Farinae Extract on Nasal Airway Inflammation in Allergic Individuals, Comparing E-cigarette Users to Cigarette Smokers and Non-smokers.
The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate allergen-induced nasal airway inflammation following nasal application of Dermatophagoides farinae (Der f), or house dust mite, extract in e-cigarette users, cigarette smokers, and…
- Trial name
- Mitey Nose (NCT03023397)
- Testing
- Der f
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Schizophrenia
Effects of Varenicline on Plasticity in Schizophrenia
This laboratory pilot study will explore the effects of varenicline tartrate on long-term potentiation (LTP)-like mechanisms of (1) the motor cortex and (2) the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and working memory in…
- Trial name
- VAR-PAS (NCT01934023)
- Testing
- Varenicline
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Healthy
Measuring Environmental Tobacco and Cannabis: Pollutants and Exposures
This is an unblinded pilot study of an environmental exposure to secondhand cannabis smoke in one group of healthy nonsmokers.
- Trial name
- CAN03 (NCT06030674)
- Testing
- Secondhand cannabis emissions/smoke exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Smoking
The Natural History of Gene Expression in the Lung Cells of Non-Smokers, Smokers and Ex-Smokers in Health and Disease
Cigarette smoking is the major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, commonly known as chronic bronchitis and emphysema).
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Chronic Bronchitis
- Trial name
- NCT00974064
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 171 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Smoking, Smoking Cessation
Alternate Nicotine Delivery Systems and Airway Epithelial Biology
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…
- Trial name
- NCT01974063
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Healthy Volunteers, Moderate to Heavy Smokers
Study to Evaluate the Food Effect of Single-dose Bioavailability of Pracinostat in Healthy Adult Subjects
Open label study of Pracinostat will be tested to assess the effect of food on the single-dose pharmacokinetics in healthy non-smoking and smoking adult subjects under fasted and fed conditions.
- Conditions
- Healthy Volunteers, Moderate to Heavy Smokers, Non-smokers
- Trial name
- HVFE (NCT02058784)
- Testing
- pracinostat
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helsinn Healthcare SA
Healthy, Smoking, Cigarette
Investigation of Secreted Phosphoproteins and PiP3 (Phosphoinositolphospat 3) in Sputum
The aim of this study is to validate two new biomarkers in sputum samples. These are PiP3 (phosphoinositolphospat ) and phosphor proteins, representing important proteins within inflammatory situations of the lung.
- Trial name
- NCT03076086
- Testing
- Induced sputum procedure
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fraunhofer-Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine
Respiratory Disorders
Study to Assess the Immunogenicity and Safety of GSK's Investigational Vaccine (GSK3277511A) When Given to Healthy Smokers and Ex-smokers After Administration of Shingrix Vaccine
This study will provide information regarding the sequential administration of two vaccines adjuvanted with AS01. The aim of this study is to understand immunogenicity and safety of NTHi-Mcat vaccine when administered…
- Trial name
- NCT03894969
- Testing
- GSK's investigational non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and Moraxella catarrhalis (Mcat) multi-antigen vaccine (GSK3277511A) adjuvanted with AS01E, Shingrix GSK's lyophilized formulation of the herpes zoster (HZ) vaccine (GSK1437173A)
- Where
- 14 sites in Estonia, Finland and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 541 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Healthy, Chronic Kidney Disease
Development of a New Non-radioactive Test for Measuring Glomerular Filtration Rate Using the Tetrapeptide N-acetyl-Ser-Asp-Lys-Pro-amide (AcSDKP-NH2)
The purpose of the study is to validate a new reference marker for evaluation of renal function (glomerular filtration rate).
- Trial name
- AcSDKP-NH2 (NCT01588756)
- Testing
- AcSDKP-NH2 inuline, AcSDKP-NH2 Cr-EDTA
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Healthy, Non-smokers
A Pilot Study to Test Activity of Antimalarial Drugs Against an Induced Malaria Infection in Healthy Volunteers
This is a pilot study of a protocol for inducing a falciparum malaria infection in healthy volunteers in order to test the activity of novel agents being developed as drugs for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria.
- Trial name
- NCT01055002
- Testing
- Blood stage parasite (BSP) inoculum
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medicines for Malaria Venture
Acute Inflammatory Response to Non-antigenic Stimulus
Phase 1a Study in Healthy Smokers to Investigate the Effect With MMI-0100 on Airway Inflammation in Induced Sputum After Challenge With Inhaled Lipopolysaccharide
A Phase 1a, randomized, placebo controlled, two-way crossover study is to determine the effect of inhaled MMI-0100 compared to placebo following LPS challenge on inflammatory markers.
- Trial name
- LPS (NCT02515396)
- Testing
- MMI-0100
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Moerae Matrix, Inc.
Heated Tobacco, Respiratory Function
Acute Effects of a Heat-not-burn Tobacco Product on Pulmonary Function in Healthy Non Smokers.
IQOS ("I-Quit-Ordinary-Smoking,") is a type of "heat-not-burn" (HNB) tobacco product. There is evidence of a growing number of young people who try IQOS as a 'safe' alternative of cigarette.
- Conditions
- Heated Tobacco, Respiratory Function, Tobacco Toxicity
- Trial name
- NCT03995329
- Testing
- IQOS
- Where
- 2 sites in Greece
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Smoking, Lung Diseases
Evaluation of Lungs of Normal Individuals by Lung Lavage, Brushing and Bronchial Wall Biopsy
The purpose of this study is to obtain biologic materials from the blood and lungs of normal individuals to establish a set of normal range for various parameters.
- Trial name
- NCT00224185
- Testing
- Bronchopulmonary Lung Lavage, Bronchial Brushing, Bronchial Wall Biopsy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 196 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Healthy Non-smoker
Matrix on Fruit Constituent Bioavailability
Primary objective is to evaluate the influence of matrix on the bioavailability of key phytochemical constituents in fruits and their subsequent effect on chronic disease risk factors.
- Trial name
- FRT (NCT01908634)
- Testing
- Milk-based Strawberry Beverage without meal, Water-Based Strawberry Beverage without meal, Milk-based strawberry Beverage with meal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Illinois Institute of Technology
Healthy Subjects, Smokers
Multiple Breath Washout (MBW) Using Sulfur Hexafluoride Reference Values and Influence of Anthropometric Parameters
Multiple breath washout (MBW) using Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) has the potential to reveal ventilation heterogeneity in obstructive lung disease which is frequent in patients with small airway disease.
- Conditions
- Healthy Subjects, Smokers, Non-smokers
- Trial name
- NCT04099225
- Testing
- Multiple breath washout (MBW) testing
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitätsmedizin Mannheim
Cigarette Smoking, Coronary Heart Disease
Exercise and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Markers in Male Smokers and Non-Smokers
The present study will investigate the effect of acute exercise on fasting and postprandial risk markers for coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy male cigarette smokers and non-smokers.
- Conditions
- Cigarette Smoking, Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT03735186
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loughborough University
Asthma, COPD
ATP/AMP Challenge in Healthy Non-smokers, Smokers, Patients With Asthma, and Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
In this randomised, cross-over, controlled study, a total of 84 subjects will be included: 12 healthy non-smoking volunteers; 12 current smokers; 30 patients with mild steroid-naïve asthma; and 30 patients with mild-moderate…
- Conditions
- Asthma, COPD, Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT00159315
- Testing
- Inhalation Challenge with ATP, Inhalation Challenge with AMP
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London