Electromagnetic Field Effects of Mobile Communication (LTE) on Sleep in the Context of Genetic Variation

Sleep Clinical Trial

Official title:

Electromagnetic Field Effects of Mobile Communication (LTE) on Sleep in the Context of Genetic Variation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03074617
• Other study ID #: LTE-Sleep
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 31, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: University of Zurich
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The effect of electromagnetic fields of the latest standard in mobile communication (long term evolution, LTE) on sleep is studied in healthy, young individuals.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 34
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: September 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18-30 years

• German knowledge (reading and writing)

• Right-handedness

• Body mass index (BMI) 18.5-25.0 kg/m2

• Mobile communication (phone calls) less than 2 hours per week

• Moderate alcohol consumption (less than 5 alcoholic beverages per week)

• Moderate caffeine consumption (less than 5 caffeinated foods per day, e.g. coke, coffee, energy drinks, green or black tea, chocolate)

• Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Travels across more than 2 time zones in the last 30 days or during the study

• Nocturnal shift work

• Extreme chronotype or extreme sleep duration (less than 5 hours or more than 10 hours on average)

• Sleep disorders or problems

• Severe acute or chronic neurological, mental or general health disorders, which might impair the participant's safety or affect the study's outcome

• Use of medication (regular or during the study), which might affect the study's outcome

• Recreational drug use

• Smoking (or other tobacco products)

• Severe skin allergies

• Relevant findings in physical examination or during the screening night (e.g. sleep disorders)

• Participation in an other clinical trial in the last 30 days or during the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sleep

Intervention

Other:
• LTE field
electromagnetic field of the latest standard in mobile communication (long term evolution, LTE)
• sham field
no electromagnetic field

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	University of Zurich, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology	Zurich

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Zurich

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	electroencephalographic power during sleep after LTE exposure	electroencephalogram (EEG)	up to 9 hours (approximately 11 p.m. to 8 a.m.)