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CompletedNCT03410511PGGICFUpdated Nov 3, 2020

Propylene Glycol/Glycerol Intake and Cardiorespiratory Function

An interventional study of Nicotine free intake and Nicotine intake in Lung Injury, sponsored by Université Libre de Bruxelles. Completed at 1 site in Belgium. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-11-03.

Sponsored by Université Libre de Bruxelles · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

Propylene glycol/Glycerol intake is increasingly popular. The propylene glycol/glycerol intake effects on cardiorespiratory function are unknown.

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Background. Propylene glycol/Glycerol intake is increasingly popular. The propylene glycol/glycerol intake effects on cardiorespiratory function are unknown. Weaning of propylene glycol/glycerol could allows a quick clearance of propylene glycol/glycerol from the body, with subsequent recovery of cardiorespiratory function.

Specific aim of the research. This research proposal tests the following hypothesis regarding the reversibility of propylene glycol/glycerol and nicotine intake:

  • Propylene glycol/glycerol cessation restores cardiorespiratory function.
  • Chronic propylene glycol/glycerol and propylene glycol/glycerol/nicotine intake induces specific serum and urine proteomics profile, which are partially reversed after cessation.
  • Chronic propylene glycol/glycerol and propylene glycol/glycerol/nicotine intake induces specific serum and urine metabolomics profile, which are partially reversed after cessation.
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Conditions studied

  • Lung Injury

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In context

Lung Injury

114 studies on the registry are indexed under Lung Injury; 33 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 30 is below the median of 62 across 75 interventional studies indexed under Lung Injury.

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Lead sponsor

Université Libre de Bruxelles is the lead sponsor of 45 studies on the registry; 13 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Subject must be regular propylene glycol/glycerol/nicotine intake users since at least 1 year
  • Subject must be former smokers

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic or acute illness
  • Substance abuse
  • Chronic medication intake
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Double (Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Nicotine free intake

    The participant will wean off nicotine during five days before the experimental session. At the start of the experimental session, participants will be exposed to acute propylene glycol/glycerol (mix 50:50) intake.

    Other: Nicotine free intake

  • Experimental
    Nicotine intake

    The participant will pursuit his regular nicotinic propylene/glycerol intake five days before the experimental session. At the start of the experimental session, participants will be exposed to acute propylene glycol/glycerol/nicotine (mix 50:50) intake.

    Other: Nicotine intake

  • Experimental
    Cessation intake

    The participant will completely stop his regular nicotinic propylene/glycerol intake during five days before the session. At the start of the experimental session, participants will mimick intake with the device turns off.

    Other: Cessation intake

Interventions

  • OtherNicotine free intake

    The participant will wean off nicotine during five days before the experimental session. At the start of the experimental session, participants will be exposed to acute propylene glycol/glycerol (mix 50:50) intake.

  • OtherNicotine intake

    The participant will pursuit his regular nicotinic propylene/glycerol intake five days before the experimental session. At the start of the experimental session, participants will be exposed to acute propylene glycol/glycerol (mix 50:50) intake.

  • OtherCessation intake

    The participant will completely stop his regular nicotinic propylene/glycerol intake during five days before the session. At the start of the experimental session, participants will mimick intake with the device turns off.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in cardiorespiratory function

    Continuous monitoring of cardiorespiratory function

    Time frame: 4 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in serum and urine proteomics profiles

    Serum and urine proteomics

    Time frame: 1 hour

Other outcomes

  1. Change in serum and exhaled breath condensate metabolomics profiles

    Serum and exhaled breath condensate metabolomics

    Time frame: 1 hour

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Study locations

1 site
  • Erasme Hospital
    Brussels, Anderlecht 1070, Belgium
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form, Clinical study report, Analytic code

Time frame: Immediately following publication. No end date.

Access criteria: Any purpose Proposals should be directed to martin.chaumont@ulb.ac.be

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2018 to primary completion in Jun 2019, 17 months.

Of 28 interventional studies with no phase under Lung Injury, half reached primary completion within 38 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 17 and three quarters within 69. This study's 17 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 11, 2018
First posted
Jan 25, 2018
StartActual
Jan 15, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jun 30, 2019
CompletionActual
Jun 30, 2020
Last update
Nov 3, 2020
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 3, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03410511
Lead sponsor
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Responsible party
Martin Chaumont (Principal investigator, Université Libre de Bruxelles) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 25, 2018
Start date
Jan 15, 2018
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2019
Completion
Jun 30, 2020
Last update
Nov 3, 2020

Study contacts

Philippe van de Borne, MD, PhD
study director · Université Libre de Bruxelles

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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