Modulation of Genes Responsible for Cilia Length by Exposure to Cigarette Smoke

Completed

Conditions studied: COPD, Smoking

In brief

Cigarette smoking is the major risk factor for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Patients with COPD have difficulty clearing mucus and debris from their airways. Even smokers who have not developed COPD may have difficulty clearing the airways. This is partly because smoking impairs the function of cilia, tiny hairs lining the airways that sweep out mucus to keep the airways clean. The investigators have found that smoking reduces the length of cilia, which may contribute to the worsened cilia function in smoking and COPD. This is true even in smokers who show no signs of lung disease. The investigators believe that smoking affects levels of genes in lung cells, resulting in shorter cilia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02168673

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

1

Starts

2011-04-01

Expected to finish

2015-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must be capable of providing informed consent
• Males and females, age 18 or older
• Nonsmoking, validated by venous carboxyhemoglobin and urine nicotine and cotinine within range for nonsmoker without smoke exposure, matched with smoker group by age, sex, ethnic/racial group
• Good overall health without history of chronic lung disease, including asthma, and without recurrent or recent (within 3 months) acute pulmonary disease
• Normal physical examination
• Normal routine laboratory evaluation, including general hematologic studies, general serologic/immunologic studies, general biochemical analyses, and urine analysis
• Negative HIV, hepatitis B and C serology
• Normal chest X-ray (PA and lateral)
• Normal electrocardiogram
• Females - not pregnant
• No history of allergies to medications to be used in the bronchoscopy procedure
• Not taking any medications relevant to lung disease or having an effect on the airway epithelium
• Willingness to participate in the study

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to meet the inclusion criteria
• Pregnancy
• Current active infection or acute illness of any kind
• Habitual use of drugs and/or alcohol within the past six months (Acceptable: -Marijuana one time in three months; average of two alcoholic beverages per day; drug and/or alcohol abuse is defined as per the DSM-IV Substance Abuse Criteria)
• Evidence of malignancy within the past 5 years

Where it is running

• Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Medical Center, Department of Genetic Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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