Study of Lung Health Among Workers Exposed to Diesel Exhaust

NCT ID: NCT01867450

Last Updated: 2020-11-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

109 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-03-28

Study Completion Date

2020-11-12

Brief Summary

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Background:

\- Diesel fuel is the most commonly used fuel to power cars and trucks worldwide. However, diesel exhaust fumes can have harmful effects on the body. Researchers are interested in studying how diesel exhaust exposure can affect lung health. To study these effects, researchers will look at employees of a diesel truck engine testing facility in China. Some workers at this facility are exposed to high levels of diesel exhaust. This study will compare tests and monitoring information from a group of highly exposed workers and a similar group of unexposed comparable controls.

Objectives:

* To study the effects of diesel exhaust on lung health.

Eligibility:

* Participants will be drawn from a diesel truck engine testing facility and other workplaces in China.
* Individuals at least 18 years of age who work in workshops with diesel fuel.
* Individuals at least 18 years of age who work in workshops that do not use diesel fuel.

Design:

* Depending on what type of factory study subjects work in, participants will wear personal air pumps and small badges on their clothing on one or more days. This equipment will measure particles, chemicals, and other compounds in the air. This information plus other information collected in the study including workplace practices will be used to estimate exposure to diesel exhaust among study subjects.
* Participants will provide a number of study samples. These samples include blood, urine, and sputum. To collect other samples, participants will also have a mouth rinse, cheek cell scrapes, and nasal cell scrapes. They will also have a physical exam.
* Treatment will not be provided as part of this study. Participants will receive financial compensation for participation in the study.

Detailed Description

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The Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch has a long history of conducting research on the carcinogenicity of diesel exhaust exposure. Most recently, a 20 year effort in collaboration with NIOSH has resulted in a seminal publication showing a dose-response relationship between air levels of elemental carbon, a surrogate for diesel exhaust, and risk of lung cancer in underground miners (Silverman et al. 2012). This study made a critically important contribution to the recent IARC decision to categorize diesel exhaust as a Group I carcinogen. Despite years of experimental studies, and small and limited workplace biomarker studies, there are still major uncertainties about the mechanism by which diesel exhaust causes lung cancer in humans. To address this gap in knowledge, we have identified a diesel truck engine testing facility in China, where workers are exposed to very high levels of diesel exhaust, which provides what we believe to be the very best opportunity to conduct a study to provide new insights into diesel exhaust carcinogenesis. We propose to carry out a cross-sectional molecular epidemiology study of 50 highly exposed workers in this facility and 50 unexposed comparable controls to study potential mechanisms of action for diesel exhaust exposure. These include upper-airway nitro-PAH-DNA adducts; inflammatory effects determined by alterations in cytokines and related markers that have been linked prospectively to risk of lung cancer; and alterations in gene expression in a wide range of potentially relevant pathways.

Conditions

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Inflammation Biomarkers mRNA Expression nitroPAH Adducts

Keywords

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Biomarkers Deisel Exhaust Occupational Exposure Cross-Sectional Study

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Biomarker Cross-section

Cross-sectional biomarker study in Chinese diesel workers

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

To be current workers in the diesel engine testing facility of a study factory in the selected region of China. All workers in this facility are male.


To be a current male worker in a selected control study factory, that does not have exposure to diesel exhaust or other types of particulates, or any known or suspected genotoxic, hematotoxic, or immunotoxic chemicals, who is comparable to workers working in the diesel engine testing facility by age and smoking status .

Exclusion Criteria

None.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Utrecht University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Boston University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Cincinnati

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Southern California

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Duke University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Qing Lan, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Locations

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Chinese Center for Disease Control & Prevention

Beijing, , China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Chang JT, Nevins JR. GATHER: a systems approach to interpreting genomic signatures. Bioinformatics. 2006 Dec 1;22(23):2926-33. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btl483. Epub 2006 Sep 25.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17000751 (View on PubMed)

Gerlofs-Nijland ME, Totlandsdal AI, Kilinc E, Boere AJ, Fokkens PH, Leseman DL, Sioutas C, Schwarze PE, Spronk HM, Hadoke PW, Miller MR, Cassee FR. Pulmonary and cardiovascular effects of traffic-related particulate matter: 4-week exposure of rats to roadside and diesel engine exhaust particles. Inhal Toxicol. 2010 Dec;22(14):1162-73. doi: 10.3109/08958378.2010.531062.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21126152 (View on PubMed)

Gordon CJ, Schladweiler MC, Krantz T, King C, Kodavanti UP. Cardiovascular and thermoregulatory responses of unrestrained rats exposed to filtered or unfiltered diesel exhaust. Inhal Toxicol. 2012 Apr;24(5):296-309. doi: 10.3109/08958378.2012.670811.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22486347 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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13-C-N101

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

999913101

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id