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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00727714
Date of registration: 30/07/2008
Primary sponsor: Sykehuset Telemark
Public title: Lung Function and Inflammatory Markers in Cement Dust Exposed Workers: A Cross-shifts Study LIS
Scientific title: Circulating Inflammatory Markers, Exhaled NO and Lung Function in Cement Production Workers; a Cross-shifts Study
Date of first enrolment: April 2008
Target sample size: 95
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00727714
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
Norway
Contacts
Name:   Helge Kjuus, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  National Institute of occupational Health, NIOH
Name:   Marit Skogstad, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  National Institute of occupational Health, NIOH
Name:   Johny Kongerud, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Rikshospitalet University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Employees from a Norwegian cement production plant

Exclusion Criteria:

- Exhaled nitric oxide measurements: smokers

- Substantial previous work in quarry or as a miner



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Airway Inflammation
Cement Dust Exposure
Systemic Inflammation
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in lung function measurements during one work shift (6-8h) [Time Frame: cross-shift 6-8h]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Changes in FeNO measurements between baseline (0h) and 32 h [Time Frame: 0-32h]
Changes in FeNO measurements during one shift (6-8h) [Time Frame: cross-shift 6-8h]
Changes in serum/plasma inflammatory markers between baseline and 32 h [Time Frame: 0-32h]
Changes in serum/plasma inflammatory markers during one shift (6-8h) [Time Frame: Cross shift: 6-8h]
Secondary ID(s)
STHF 5690.11, REK S-08083a
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH/CDC)
Rikshospitalet University Hospital
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