Pulmonary Effects of 100% Biodiesel Exhaust

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

15 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-10-31

Study Completion Date

2014-04-30

Brief Summary

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Air pollution is a global environmental and health concern, contributing to onset and deterioration of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. As climate change and dependence on diminishing fossil fuel supplies have taken center stage in political and scientific debates, renewable carbon-neutral fuels like biodiesel receive increasing attention. The most common biodiesel within the European Union, rapeseed oil methyl ester (RME) is perceived to be a "green fuel", as it is sustainable and of biological origin, and therefore is often predicted to be less harmful to human health. Whilst replacing petrodiesel with biodiesel may have advantageous ecological impacts, consequences to respiratory health remained largely unexplored.

The purpose of the current study is to evaluate whether inhalation of 100% RME biodiesel exhaust would result in an acute airway inflammatory response in healthy human subjects, as shown previously following exposure to petrodiesel exhaust.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Inflammation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Filtered air exposure

One hour exposure to filtered air during intermittent exercise in controlled chamber, 6 hours after exposure bronchoscopy is performed.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Bronchoscopy

Intervention Type OTHER

The bronchoscopy procedure was performed six hours after completion of the exposure session, with sampling of endobronchial mucosal biopsies, bronchial wash and bronchoalveolar lavage performed under topical anaesthesia.

Biodiesel exhaust exposure

One hour exposure to biodiesel exhaust (generated at same running conditions as earlier studies with diesel exhaust at approximate particle matter concentration 300 mcg/m3) during intermittent exercise in controlled chamber. Six hours after exposure bronchoscopy is performed.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bronchoscopy

Intervention Type OTHER

The bronchoscopy procedure was performed six hours after completion of the exposure session, with sampling of endobronchial mucosal biopsies, bronchial wash and bronchoalveolar lavage performed under topical anaesthesia.

Interventions

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Bronchoscopy

The bronchoscopy procedure was performed six hours after completion of the exposure session, with sampling of endobronchial mucosal biopsies, bronchial wash and bronchoalveolar lavage performed under topical anaesthesia.

Intervention Type OTHER