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Ventilation and Pulmonary Endothelium Toxicities of E-cigarettes: A Randomized Crossover Pilot Study (VaPE-Tox)

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Columbia University

Status and phase

Completed
Early Phase 1

Conditions

E-cigarettes
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Treatments

Device: E-cigarette
Drug: Hyperpolarized 3-Helium
Other: Sham
Drug: Gadolinium

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02783768
AAAQ8089

Details and patient eligibility

About

Determination of the acute pulmonary toxicities of e-cigarettes in young adults is of major public health importance, as e-cigarette vapor contains established toxicants that as hypothesized cause acute damage to the airways and the pulmonary microvasculature that may promote the development of CLD, for which there remain few effective therapies.

The study therefore propose a pilot study using a randomized crossover design in ten healthy young adults to test the acute effects of a standardized e-cigarette exposure on two sensitive, safe, non-invasive imaging measures: (1) ventilation defects on hyperpolarized helium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, and (2) pulmonary microvascular blood flow on gadolinium-enhanced pulmonary magnetic resonance angiography.

Full description

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and angiography (MRA) measures are promising approaches to detecting and characterizing the anticipated acute pulmonary toxicities of e-cigarettes. Hyperpolarized helium (3He)-enhanced MRI may be more sensitive than spirometry, a global lung function measure, for determination of airway toxicities. 3He-enhanced MRI has been used to demonstrate the extent of ventilation defects in healthy persons with normal spirometry; to measure ventilation changes in asthmatics pre- and post-challenge with bronchodilators and methacholine; and to predict pulmonary hospitalizations in persons with COPD. Meanwhile, until recently, non-invasive measures of pulmonary vascular toxicities were lacking. The investigators have developed an innovative measure of pulmonary microvascular blood flow on gadolinium (Gd)-enhanced MRA, which the investigators found to be markedly abnormal in early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema, and to be associated with increased endothelial microparticles, a marker of endothelial dysfunction. Nonetheless, neither of these sensitive, non-invasive, repeatable, and reproducible measures has ever been used to assess e-cigarette toxicities.

It is hypothesized that e-cigarette vapor inhalation will result in an acute increase in global and regional ventilation defects and an acute decrease in global and regional pulmonary microvascular perfusion.

This pilot work will provide the experience and data to support subsequent funding applications powered to definitively establish the acute toxicities of e-cigarette vapor of various compositions (e.g., with and without nicotine, with and without flavoring) in persons with and without chronic lung diseases (e.g., asthma) on pulmonary ventilation and microvascular perfusion. Furthermore, confirmation of the hypotheses in this sample would provide important preliminary evidence of e-cigarette pulmonary toxicities to inform interim regulatory decisions, as well as potentially generating vivid images of e-cigarette harms that may be meaningful to the general public and therefore suitable for use in public education campaigns.

Enrollment

12 patients

Sex

All

Ages

21 to 35 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • current use of e-cigarettes (>1x/month but <4 days/week)

Exclusion criteria

  • any chronic medical or major psychiatric problems including current asthma
  • self-reported heavy snoring/sleep apnea
  • pre-bronchodilator FEV1 or FVC <80% predicted or FEV1/FVC < lower limit of normal
  • MRI exclusions (pregnancy, claustrophobia, metal in body, gadolinium allergy, eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73m2)
  • MRI scan with contrast within the last 12 months or planned MRI with contrast in the next 6 months
  • use of any of the following in the prior 30 days: any conventional cigarettes, marijuana >10 days, any illicit drugs, any medication or inhalers (excluding hormonal contraceptives)
  • binge drinking (≥5 alcoholic beverages over 2 hours) over the prior two weeks
  • adverse symptomatic response to the study e-cigarette exposure (e.g., palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain, headache, dizziness)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

12 participants in 2 patient groups

E-cigarette first
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will undergo the e-cigarette exposure prior to the first two MRI measures, and then they will undergo the sham exposure prior to the last two MRI measures. The two MRIs performed under both experimental exposures (e-cigarette and sham) will be enhanced by (1) gadolinium and then (2) hyperpolarized 3-helium.
Treatment:
Other: Sham
Drug: Gadolinium
Device: E-cigarette
Drug: Hyperpolarized 3-Helium
Sham first
Experimental group
Description:
Participants will undergo the sham exposure prior to the first two MRI measures, and then they will undergo the e-cigarette exposure prior to the last two MRI measures. The two MRIs performed under both experimental exposures (e-cigarette and sham) will be enhanced by (1) gadolinium and then (2) hyperpolarized 3-helium.
Treatment:
Other: Sham
Drug: Gadolinium
Device: E-cigarette
Drug: Hyperpolarized 3-Helium

Trial documents
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