Does Sildenafil Increase Exercise Performance in Air Pollution?

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if the ingestion of a standard dose of sildenafil enhances the athletic performance of competitive athletes when exercising in a high pollutant environment verses a low air pollutant environment.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Marywood University
• Treatments: Sildenafil Citrate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• non-asthmatic

• asthmatic

• active participants in endurance sports.

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of high blood pressure

• history of heart disease

• pulmonary arterial hypertension

• pulmonary emboli

• diagnosis of moderate to severe asthma (FEV1 <75% predicted)

• pregnant or lactating