Characterization of Nicotine Exposure and Urge-to-Smoke Following Use of Electronic and Conventional Cigarettes

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

24 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-03-31

Study Completion Date

2014-07-31

Brief Summary

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This trial was the initial characterization of the blu™ products being studied, with the purpose of gaining an understanding of the exposure to nicotine and craving reduction attained following use of blu™ e-cigarettes by adult smokers. Two types of exposures were utilized: a single controlled administration and a short-term ad lib use. As smoking behaviors vary from smoker to smoker, a controlled administration allows for some standardization of nicotine "dose" for each of the study products to better understand their uptake characteristics as well as urge reduction achieved under controlled conditions. Further evaluation under ad lib product use conditions provides insight into product self-administration behaviors that will allow subjects to achieve acceptable levels of urge reduction. Comparisons were made to evaluate differences between blu™ formulations as well as to the market-leading conventional cigarette, Marlboro Gold King Size ("Marlboro cigarette').

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Detailed Description

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This was a randomized, partially single-blinded, 6-period crossover study of 24 subjects.

The primary objectives of this study were to:

1. characterize the rate and extent of nicotine exposure following a single controlled administration and ad lib use of blu™ e-cigarettes,
2. characterize smoking urge following a single controlled administration and ad lib use of blu™ e cigarettes.

The secondary objectives of this study were to:

1. Compare the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of nicotine between selected blu™ formulations and between the blu™ products and Marlboro cigarettes following a single controlled administration and ad lib use of each study product.
2. Compare changes in smoking urge within and between selected blu™ formulations and between the blu™ products and Marlboro cigarettes following a single controlled administration and ad lib use of each study product.
3. Compare the changes in exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) within and between selected blu™ formulations and between the blu™ products and Marlboro cigarettes following use of each study product.
4. Assess the tolerability of each study product following short-term use.

Subjects were provided blu™ Classic Tobacco and Magnificent Menthol products containing 2.4% nicotine, glycerin vehicle for 1 week prior to participation in the study to familiarize themselves with the use of the products. Subjects were confined to the clinic for the entire study duration and abstained from use of nicotine containing products for a period of at least 36 hours prior to each product administration. Each product administration included a controlled product administration and a 1 hour ad lib use of the study products. The controlled product administration consisted of 50 inhalations of the assigned e-cigarette product (5-second inhalations at 30-second intervals) or smoking one Marlboro cigarette (30-second intervals with the subjects' normal inhalation duration) with inhalations monitored by the clinical staff. The start of the ad lib product use was 30 minutes following the start of the controlled product use. During ad lib use, subjects were allowed to self-administer the e-cigarette product as desired for the entire hour and were responsible for maintaining their own inhalation counts. During the ad lib cigarette product use, subjects requested the product from the staff as desired and maintained their own inhalation counts.

Pharmacokinetics: Blood samples for the measurement of plasma nicotine concentrations were taken by direct venipuncture at 10 minutes prior to, and 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 minutes following the start of the controlled product administration. Non-compartmental PK parameters such as Peak Plasma Concentration and Area under the Plasma Concentration versus time curve were calculated from the plasma nicotine concentration-time data.

Pharmacodynamics: Smoking urge was assessed using a 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS). Assessments occurred within 1 minute prior to the -10 (pre-product administration), 5, 15, 25, 30, 60, and 90-minute PK blood draws. The following non-compartmental Pharmacodynamic parameters were calculated from the smoking urge change-from-baseline data: Emax0-30, Emaxreduction0-30, AUEC0-30, tEmax0-30, AUEC30-90, and E90.

Other Measurements: Exhaled CO measurements occurred at approximately 20 minutes prior to the start of the controlled product use and at approximately 15 minutes following the end of the ad lib product use.

Tolerability: Adverse events, physical examinations, vital signs, ECGs, and laboratory safety tests were assessed to evaluate enrolment criteria and subject safety during the study.

Conditions

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Smoking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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E-cigarette 1

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin/PG vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

Marlboro Cigarette

Intervention Type OTHER

cigarettes

E-cigarette 2

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin/propylene glycol (PG) vehicle)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

blu™ Magnificent Menthol rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (1.6% nicotine, glycerin/PG vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

Marlboro Cigarette

Intervention Type OTHER

cigarettes

E-cigarette 3

blu™ Magnificent Menthol rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin/PG vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

Marlboro Cigarette

Intervention Type OTHER

cigarettes

E-cigarette 4

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (1.6% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (1.6% nicotine, glycerin/PG vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

Marlboro Cigarette

Intervention Type OTHER

cigarettes

E-cigarette 5

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (1.6% nicotine, glycerin/PG vehicle)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin/PG vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (1.6% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

Marlboro Cigarette

Intervention Type OTHER

cigarettes

Combustible Cigarette

Marlboro Cigarette

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin/PG vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

blu™ Magnificent Menthol rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (1.6% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (1.6% nicotine, glycerin/PG vehicle)

Intervention Type OTHER

electronic cigarettes

Interventions

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blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

electronic cigarettes

Intervention Type OTHER

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin/PG vehicle)

electronic cigarettes

Intervention Type OTHER

blu™ Magnificent Menthol rechargeable (2.4% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

electronic cigarettes

Intervention Type OTHER

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (1.6% nicotine, glycerin vehicle)

electronic cigarettes

Intervention Type OTHER

blu™ Classic Tobacco rechargeable (1.6% nicotine, glycerin/PG vehicle)

electronic cigarettes

Intervention Type OTHER

Marlboro Cigarette

cigarettes

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Healthy adult male and female smokers
* 21 to 65 years of age, inclusive, at Screening.
* Smoker for at least 12 months prior to Check-in
* Currently smoked an average of 10 or more manufactured cigarettes per day (no restriction on brand-style, king size \[ approx. 83 - 85 mm\] and 100s \[approximately 98 - 100 mm\] only)
* A history of e-cigarette use was allowed.
* Females of childbearing potential agreed to use a PI-approved method of contraception

Exclusion Criteria

* Use of tobacco- or nicotine-containing products other than manufactured cigarettes and e-cigarettes (e.g., roll-your-own cigarettes, bidis, snuff, snus, tablets, inhalers, pipes, cigars, chewing tobacco, nicotine replacement therapies \[e.g., gum, patches, lozenges, nasal spray, or inhalers\]) within 28 days prior to Day 1 product administration or during the study.
* Use of any prescription smoking cessation treatments, including, but not limited to, varenicline (Chantix®) or buproprion (Zyban®) within 3 months prior to Day 1 product administration and throughout the study.
* Known hypersensitivity to menthol, glycerol, or propylene glycol (PG).
* Exhaled CO ≤ 10 ppm at Screening.
* Self-reported puffers (i.e., smokers who draw smoke from the cigarette into the mouth and throat but do not inhale).
* Use of medications known to interact with cytochrome P450 2A6 (including, but not limited to, amiodarone, desipramine, isoniazid, ketoconazole, miconazole, phenobarbital, rifampin, tranylcypromine, and methoxsalen) within 3 months prior to Day 1 product administration.
* History of drug or alcohol abuse within 24 months of Day 1 product administration
* Female subjects who were pregnant, lactating, or intended to become pregnant from Screening through completion of study.

Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes