Functional Implications of TNF

Completed

Conditions studied: Bronchitis

In brief

The research plan proposes to develop translational studies in humans that will identify host susceptibility factors that confer vulnerability to the prototypal air pollutant, ozone. Ozone is a ubiquitous urban air pollutant and associated with increased emergency room visits, and co-associates with other air pollutants, to increase mortality in high risk groups (cardio-pulmonary disease) of the population.The results will have significant impact upon and aid in understanding mechanisms of pro-oxidant lung injury, airway hyperresponsiveness, and adverse health effects, that occur during and following exposure to inhalable airborne irritants.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00729131

Run by

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

People needed

10

Starts

2008-08-01

Expected to finish

2012-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-09-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• subjects with current or past smoking history, acute respiratory illness within six weeks of the study, and significant non-pulmonary disease as determined by the investigator, pregnancy, age <18 or >35 yr, or inability to understand the protocol. Subjects will be requested to refrain from anti-histamines, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, and supplemental vitamins, e.g. C and E, for 1 week prior to, and during lab visits for exposures and follow-up measures.

Where it is running

• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.