Vaping Adverse Lung and Heart Events Cohort (VapALERT)

Laval University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Electronic Cigarette Use; Vaping

Treatments: Other: Vaping

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06291597

22071

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective study assesses the pulmonary and cardiovascular effets of vaping in adult electronic cigarette users with biannual visits and a 5-year follow-up.

Full description

Daily vaping device users will be recruited in the Quebec City metropolitan area. Subjects will be asked to perform pulmonary function tests (spirometry, oscillometry, plethysmography, methacholine provocation) every 6 months for a 5-year follow up. Subjects will also answer a questionnaire assessing their vaping, tobacco and cannabis smoking habits, as well as their perceived respiratory symptoms. Blood draws and sputum inductions will be performed for cell counts and to measure inflammation markers.

Enrollment: 250 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 years or older
• Daily electronic cigarette user
• No respiratory infection in the 4 weeks before a visit

Exclusion criteria

• Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding.

Trial design

250 participants in 1 patient group

Daily electronic cigarette users

Description:

Participants must use their vaping device everyday at time of enrollment.

Treatment:

Other: Vaping