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Filter by:Response to biologic therapies in severe asthma is variable, with patients being either non-responders, responders or super-responders. There is currently no explanation for this broad variation in response. It is important to examine whether these patients have distinct characteristics that could help the treating physician in making the correct diagnosis in clinical practice. Aim of this clinical study is to evaluate the efficacy of benralizumab, a humanized an anti-interleukin 5 receptor α monoclonal antibody in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma and to evaluate airway remodeling before and after benralizumab treatment. Hypothesis Identification of pathological and clinical characteristics in patients with severe eosinophilic asthma after benralizumab treatment regarding the airway remodeling, inflammatory cells, and other biomarkers on a long-term basis. Research questions Is there any improvement in airway remodeling? Are there any biomarkers to predict response to benralizumab treatment in severe eosinophilic asthmatic patients?
The severity and frequency of respiratory events is increased in the supine body posture compared with the lateral position in emergency, difficult airway patients. The mechanism responsible is not clear but may relate to the effect of position on upper airway shape and size. 3D finite element model of upper airway filling based on MRI image reconstruction can effectively reflect the anatomy of the upper airway. This study compared the effect of body position on upper airway shape and size in individuals with lateral position among sedated subjects.
Human rhinovirus is also called the "common cold virus" because it causes at least half of all of the common colds experienced each year. In patients with asthma, getting a rhinovirus infection can cause worsening of asthma symptoms. Although these symptoms are well known, researchers do not fully understand how the virus worsens these asthma symptoms, nor do they really know whether virus infection causes longer term structural changes (often referred to as airway remodeling) in the airways. This study plans to address and answer these questions. Doing so will provide the researchers with a better understanding of how to treat the worsening of asthma that are caused by human rhinovirus infections. The epithelial cell is the cell that lines the surface of your airways from your nose down to your lungs, and is also the cell type that gets infected by rhinovirus. At present, it is thought that the virus causes symptoms by changing epithelial cell biology in a way that causes airway inflammation. Some of these inflammatory molecules are also thought to cause scarring (remodeling) of the airways, which over time, may lead to a loss of lung function. In order to examine how the virus causes inflammation, many earlier studies have used experimental infection with the virus and have measured various markers of inflammation. The purpose of this study is to compare the levels of inflammatory and remodeling products in the airways of study participants with mild to moderate asthma and healthy, non-asthmatic subjects after infection with rhinovirus (the common cold virus).
The aim of this protocol is to perform a first randomized controlled trial evaluating how Tezepelumab affects the bronchial morphology (and computed tomographic variables in general) of asthmatic patients. In parallel, the investigators also hope to reproduce clinical benefits and perform a transcriptomic study that will juxtapose changes in genetic expression with changes in bronchial morphology and inflammatory signatures. The general hypothesis is that tezepelumab treatment is capable of at least partially reversing bronchial remodelling as detected on computed-tomographic (CT) scans. The investigators also expect such reversal to occur within a unique physiological repair environment that will be reflected by transcriptomic profiles
This is a prospective, single-center study. This study seeks to determine the objective improvement in nasal airflow in patients after undergoing the VivAer procedure, which involves the use of a stylus to deliver controlled and targeted low energy radiofrequency heating (heating by applying high-frequency radio waves) to the nasal sidewall to gently reshape the tissues. Patients who experience refractory, or medically unexplained, nasal obstruction often have symptoms that are not alleviated or resolved by standard non-surgical treatment options. VivAer, a recently developed, FDA-approved procedure, is one of the standard surgical treatments for nasal obstruction. Unlike most of the other established surgical treatments for nasal obstruction, however, VivAer is a minimally-invasive procedure, and it is an outpatient intervention that can be performed under local anesthetic. Eligible patients who are enrolled in the study will undergo the VivAer procedure, and will return to the clinic for three in-office follow-up visits at 4, 12, and 24 weeks after the procedure.
In asthma, the significant role of pathogenesis is chronic airway inflammation, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and variable airflow obstruction. Asthma with irreversible or fixed airflow obstruction (FAO) is a clinical phenotype resulting from chronic airway inflammation with having longer disease duration, suggesting that airway remodeling contributes to the decline in lung function seen in individuals with asthma. Although this condition frequently occurs in patients with severe asthma, there are pieces of evidence occurring in those with mild to moderate asthma. According to previous research, low lung function, FEV1 less than 60% predicted, is a robust independent predictor of subsequent asthma attacks and other asthma outcomes, including asthma control and SABA use. In a recent study, the patients with mild to moderate asthma who received mild to medium dosed inhaled corticosteroid plus long-acting beta-2 agonist with or without asthma control showed evidence of FAO with or without bronchodilator reversibility. Therefore parasympathetic activity may be affected by FAO in those patients. The autonomic nervous system plays an essential role in asthma, especially from the parasympathetic, promoting bronchoconstriction and regulating airway inflammation and remodeling. This study hypothesizes that a cholinergic mechanism may play a significant role in FAO across patients with mild, moderate, and severe asthma. This might increase the fundamental evidence leading to early-step treatment with anti-cholinergic medication in early asthma severity driven by FAO.
72 patients with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were planned to be enrolled in this study and then treated with olodaterol combined with thiotropium bromide, and thiotropium bromide, respectively, for 52 weeks. To assess the effect of the test drug on small airway remodeling in patients.
The anti-interleukin (IL)-5 receptor benralizumab inhibits eosinophilic inflammation but its potential effect on airway remodeling remains unknown. The main objective of this study is to assess the effect of benralizumab in an in vitro model of airway remodeling using cells obtained from asthmatic patients.
The study aims to explore the effect of tiotropium on airway remodeling by using Endobronchial Optical Coherence Tomography (EB-OCT). We enrolled patients with GOLD I stage COPD. All the patients will be divided into four groups randomly to receive SABA as needed with or without regular use of tiotropium. Changes of airway morphology (accessed by EB-OCT), pulmonary function, QOL, and SABA usage will be obtained.
Asthma is a major noncommunicable chronic inflammatory disorder which is characterized by airway inflammation and related to pathological modifications of the bronchial wall structure so called airway remodeling. Airway remodeling seen in asthma is mainly described by epithelial changes, subepithelial fibrosis, increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass, decreased distance between ASM and epithelium, mucous gland and goblet cell hyperplasia, vascular changes and edema. Near these well known pathophysiological changes of the airways, the extracellular matrix (ECM) can be distinguished as a new important factor included in development of airway remodeling in asthma.