The purpose of this study is to estimate nicotine uptake and assess subjective effects during ad libitum use sessions of 4 flavors of JUUL ENDS (also referred to as nicotine salt pod system; NSPS) products (i.e., Virginia Tobacco, Mint, Menthol and Mango) with 2 different nicotine concentrations. Subjective effects will also be assessed to gain an understanding of the user's experience during and after JUUL ENDS product use to evaluate the abuse liability of the products. The subject population will consist of healthy adult, male and female smokers, 21 to 65 years of age.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
137
JUUL ENDS and comparator e-cigarette will be used for 5 minutes ad libitum, one combustible cigarette will be used ad libitum, Nicorette gum will be used for 30 minutes ad libitum
Altasciences Clinical Kansas, Inc.
Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Central Kentucky Research Associates
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Nicotine uptake
Baseline-adjusted maximum plasma nicotine concentration \[Cmax\]
Time frame: 120 minutes
Product liking as measured by the Product-Liking Questionnaire
Maximum response to the Product-Liking Questionnaire (visual analog scale, range of "not at all" to "a great deal")
Time frame: 60 minutes
Nicotine uptake
Time of the maximum post-baseline nicotine concentration
Time frame: 120 minutes
Nicotine uptake
Area under the nicotine concentration-time curve calculated using linear trapezoidal summation from time 0 to 30 minutes
Time frame: 30 minutes
Nicotine uptake
Area under the nicotine concentration-time curve calculated using linear trapezoidal summation from time 0 to 60 minutes
Time frame: 60 minutes
Nicotine uptake
Area under the nicotine concentration-time curve calculated using linear trapezoidal summation from time 0 to 120 minutes
Time frame: 120 minutes
The effects of nicotine exposure as measured by the Nicotine Withdrawal Questionnaire visual analog scale
Maximum response to the Nicotine Withdrawal Questionnaire (visual analog scale, range "not at all" to "extremely")
Time frame: 60 minutes
The effects of nicotine exposure as measured by the Product Direct Effects Questionnaire
Maximum response to the Product Direct Effects Questionnaire (visual analog scale, range "not at all" to "extremely")
Time frame: 60 minutes
Subjective product assessments as measured by the Modified Product Evaluation Scale
Subjective product assessments as measured by responses to the Modified Product Evaluation Scale (scale range of 1 \[not at all\] to 7 \[extremely\])
Time frame: 60 minutes
Likelihood of future product use as measured by the Future Intent to Use the Product Questionnaire
Maximum response to the Future Intent to Use the Product Questionnaire (visual analog scale range of "definitely would not" to "definitely would")
Time frame: 60 minutes
E-cigarette product use
Change in mass of e-cigarette pods/cartridges
Time frame: 5 minutes
Physiologic impact of product use as measured by blood pressure
Systolic and diastolic pressures
Time frame: 60 minutes
Physiologic impact of product use as measured by heart rate
Heart rate
Time frame: 60 minutes
Puff count during ad libitum (e-)cigarette use periods
Number of puffs taken during ad libitum use session
Time frame: 5 minutes
Safety and tolerability of short-term product use assessed by monitoring the incidence of product-use emergent adverse events
Safety and tolerability will be assessed by monitoring the incidence of product-use emergent adverse events.
Time frame: 14 days
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