Clinical trials: Lung Inflammation
Asthma, Hypersensitivity
Assessment of Lung Inflammation in Patients With Atopic Asthma Using Positron Emission Tomography
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease. We propose to study inflammatory changes in the lungs of subjects with atopic asthma of different severity in vivo using positron emission tomography (PET) with…
- Conditions
- Asthma, Hypersensitivity, Lung Diseases, Wegener's Granulomatosis
- Trial name
- NCT00001759
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Emphysema, Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Characterization of the Pathobiology of Early Lung Destruction in Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficient Individuals
Alpha 1-antitrypsin-deficient individuals develop severe destructive lung disease much earlier and their lung function declines faster than the general population of individuals with chronic obstructive lung disease.
- Conditions
- Emphysema, Lung Diseases, Obstructive, Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT00001462
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Cardiovascular Disease, Healthcare Associated Infectious Disease
Optimizing Prevention of Healthcare-Acquired Infections After Cardiac Surgery (HAI)_2
The investigators will conduct qualitative interviews of hospital personnel regarding HAI prevention practices, and use coded data from these interviews to assist in developing standardized practices.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease, Healthcare Associated Infectious Disease, Sternal Superficial Wound Infection, Deep Sternal Infection
- Trial name
- NCT02073760
- Testing
- There is no intervention. The investigators are interviewing cardiac surgery staff with knowledge of infection prevention.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Sepsis
HO-1/CREB3 Modulates Golgi Stress in Patients With Sepsis
This study was an ambispective observational cohort study that included sepsis patients hospitalized in the Intensive care unit (ICU) of the Nankai Hospital. All patients met the consensus criteria of sepsis-3.
- Trial name
- NCT06045780
- Testing
- nothing
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tianjin Nankai Hospital
Obesity, Asthma
Obesity-asthma Endophenotype and Diaphragm Mobility in Adolescence
Obesity and asthma share changes that may begin in the fetal development phase. The endophenotype obesity-asthma presents as main characteristic a pattern of inflammatory response different from the habitual Th2 profile of…
- Trial name
- NCT03029936
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Sinus; Empyema, Maxillary (Chronic)
The Osteogenic Potential of Human Maxillary Sinus Shneiderian Membrane
The objectives of this study are : 1. to test the the osteogenic potential of human maxillary sinus schneiderian membrane (hMSSM). 2.
- Trial name
- HMSSM (NCT02676921)
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BERBERI ANTOINE
Pleural Effusion, Malignant, Pleural Mesothelioma
A Comparative Study Between Regional Anesthesia in Thoracoscopes and the Conventional General Anesthesia
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is usually performed with general anesthesia and single lung ventilation. However, performing thoracic surgery under awake regional anesthesia has several potential advantages including…
- Conditions
- Pleural Effusion, Malignant, Pleural Mesothelioma, Pleural Empyema, Pulmonary Diseases or Conditions
- Trial name
- VATS (NCT05077111)
- Testing
- Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia, General Anesthesia with One Lung Ventilation
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mohamed Reda Ashour
Mesothelioma, Lung Neoplasms
Chest Wall Motion Analysis in Disease
Breathing movements, called chest wall motion, are very complex. The investigators are studying how movement of the abdomen, ribs and diaphragm contribute to breathing and how this differs with different diseases in the chest.
- Conditions
- Mesothelioma, Lung Neoplasms, Surgery, Cystic Fibrosis
- Trial name
- CWM (NCT02958683)
- Testing
- Chest wall motion analysis
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heart of England NHS Trust
Interstitial Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Toward Self-management in ILD
Treating and caring for people with long term conditions accounts for a substantial proportion of health care resources. Self-management is advocated as a mechanism that can empower service users with long term conditions to…
- Conditions
- Interstitial Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Connective Tissue Related ILD, Chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Trial name
- NCT03300583
- Testing
- Focus groups, Semi-structured interviews
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kingston University
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
The Role of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Airway Mucins and the Microbiome in the Early Prediction of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), the most common respiratory complication of extremely preterm birth, significantly impacts healthcare with high morbidity and mortality rates.
- Trial name
- INFANCY (NCT06342752)
- Testing
- Breath test, Throat swabs, Placental samples
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Antwerp
Sepsis, Septic Shock
Molecular Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of Sepsis in India
Background: Globally, sepsis is common with an estimated population incidence of 437 cases per 100, 000 person-years and acute mortality of 26%, one of the few major medical conditions whose incidence and resulting mortality…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Septic Shock, Sepsis Syndrome
- Trial name
- MARS-India (NCT03727243)
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 550 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Multiorgan Pathology in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
There is increasing evidence in the literature that COPD should not be considered as a localised pulmonary disorder but as a systemic disease involving pathology in several extra pulmonary tissues.
- Trial name
- NCT00864994
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Top Institute Pharma
Prediabetic State, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Prediabetic,Type 2 Diabetic and Healthy Individuals
The aim of this study to investigate and compare cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) parameters of prediabetic, type 2 diabetic and healthy individuals.
- Conditions
- Prediabetic State, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT03823664
- Testing
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Eye Manifestations
Ocular Surface Changes in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis(CF) is an inherited disease affecting children, adolescents and young adults with dysfunction of secretory glands.It is caused by mutations in the protein-coding gene which function as the cystic fibrosis…
- Trial name
- NCT00345280
- Testing
- impression cytology, obtain the tear fluid
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bialystok
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Supplemental Oxygen in Pulmonary Fibrosis
To enhance understanding of supplemental oxygen-its utility in and adoption by patients with pulmonary fibrosis-by examining how patients perceive it and by determining how perceptions and patient-centered outcome measures change…
- Trial name
- NCT01961362
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Jewish Health
Chronic Pancreatitis, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Genomic Resources for Enhancing Available Therapies (GREAT1.0) Study
This is a prospective, descriptive, observational research study designed to observe and document the clinical practice by domain experts, and how the knowledge of new findings that are published in the medical literature affect…
- Conditions
- Chronic Pancreatitis, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Hepatitis, NASH - Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
- Trial name
- GREAT1 (NCT04306939)
- Testing
- venipuncture, Questionnaires, Additional Sample Collections
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
129Xe Gas Exchange Imaging in IPF and cHP: A Reliability Study
This research is a study to test the reliability of Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI (HXe MRI) as a biomarker in interstitial lung disease.
- Trial name
- NCT04677426
- Testing
- Hyperpolarized Xe129
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Vaccine Adverse Reaction, Side-Effect
Glucoside- and Rutinoside-rich Crude Material for Relieving Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines
Urgent vaccine development plus the characteristics of the coronavirus have caused the relatively more safety problems in COVID-19 vaccines than other classic vaccines and unavoidably raises more concerns among those who accept…
- Trial name
- NCT05387252
- Testing
- Mulberry juice
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Asthma
Small Airway Inflammation and Dysfunction in Different Asthma Phenotypes
Small airway inflammation and dysfunction will be measured in 40 children and 40 adults with asthma before and after 8 weeks of treatment with inhaled budesonide.
- Trial name
- NCT03718793
- Testing
- Peripheral exhaled nitric oxide
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tampere University Hospital
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Exacerbations
Micro-environment Involvement in Muscle Alteration Induced
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by persistent airway obstruction and inflammatory response of the lungs and bronchi.
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Exacerbations, Skeletal Muscle Atrophy
- Trial name
- MicAMI-BPCO (NCT04448626)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier