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NCT Number: NCT07690358

Concentrations of Nitrous Oxide in Blood, Exhaled Air and Urine After Various Types of Exposure.

The study examines the concentrations of nitrous oxide that are achieved in blood, exhaled air, and urine after three different exposures to nitrous oxide:

inhalation of three or four cartridges of nitrous oxide released in a car cabin in a switched-off car, consumption of 100 g of whipped cream in which nitrous oxide is used as a propellant, and exposure through work as a midwife in a delivery room.

The concentrations in blood and exhaled air are measured for up to 1 hour after exposure, and in urine for up to 2 hours after exposure. The concentrations in blood and urine are measued with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, while the concentration in exhaled air is measured by a sensor using an NDIR sensor (Olythe, France).

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Key information

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of Forensic Medicine

Aarhus, 8200, Denmark

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Charlotte U Andersen, Associate Professor

CONTACT

[email protected]

+4560128430

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

For arm 1, 2, and 3:

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-65 years
  • Able to understand Danish
  • Willing to use effective contraception for 24 hours after the end of exposure (oral contraceptives, contraceptive implant, transdermal patch, vaginal ring, or injectable contraceptives)
  • Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Current or past abuse of drugs, nitrous oxide (N₂O), or alcohol
  • A psychiatric disorder requiring medical treatment, including severe depression
  • A diagnosis of epilepsy
  • Symptoms of peripheral neuropathy
  • Significant cardiac or pulmonary disease
  • Previous allergic or adverse reaction to N₂O
  • Diving within the past 2 days
  • Inability to refrain from diving for 2 days after the study
  • Occupational exposure to N₂O
  • Use of N₂O within the past 3 months
  • Treatment with methotrexate, benzodiazepines, opioids, or other centrally depressant drugs
  • Recent intraocular gas injection
  • Known impaired liver or kidney function
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women (fertile women, defined as amenorrhea for less than 12 months, must have a negative hCG pregnancy test prior to receiving the study intervention)

Treatment and study plan

Nitrous Oxide 99 %

Other

Passive exposure to Nitrous Oxide

Nitrous Oxide + Oxygen Gas

Other

Midwifes are exposed through work in a delivery room

Primary outcomes

  1. Detection time of Nitrous Oxide in blood

    Time frame: From end of exposure to 1 hour after end of exposure

    The time after exposure in which Nitrous Oxide can be detected in blood

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Charlotte U Andersen, Associate Professor

CONTACT

[email protected]

+4560128430

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Aarhus

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Undersøgelse af Lattergaskoncentrationer i Blod, udåndingsluft og Urin Ved Forskellige Eksponeringer

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jul 8, 2026
Registry last updated
Jul 8, 2026

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