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Filter by:This study will investigate the effect of dosing paedeatric asthmatic subjects with GW642444, an orally inhaled long-acting agonist of the β2-adrenoceptor.
This study will investigate the safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of fluticasone furoate/vilanterol (FF/VI) 100/25mcg administered using the novel dry powder inhaler in children aged 5 to 11 years with persistent asthma.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether parameters of the pulmonary function tests and the bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine are predictors of asthma exacerbations.
The study objective is to compare the efficacy and the safety of masitinib at 6 mg/kg/day versus placebo in the treatment of patients with Severe Persistent Asthma treated with oral corticosteroids.
The primary objective in this pilot study is to explore if asthma patients prescribed fixed dose combinations (budenosid/formoterol (Symbicort®), salmeterol/fluticasone (Seretide®), beclometasone/formoterol (Innovair®) are optimal treated regarding the mannitol challenge test and the following reversibility test. The primary endpoint is to identify asthma patients responding positive or negative to the mannitol challenge test and/or the reversibility test. The hypothesis is that not all patients are well treated.
This study is to examine the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and functional activity of ADC3680B administered once daily for 28 days in subjects with partly controlled atopic asthma.
The investigators hypothesize that reinforced asthma education improves long-term outcomes in children with asthma. Specific Aims and Objectives: 1. To determine the retention rate of parental knowledge about asthma; 2. To evaluate the clinical status, quality of life and healthcare costs of children with asthma following an educational intervention.
The study looks at how vitamin D supplement will improve the severity of asthma and lung function as well as biomarkers in asthmatic children.
Three out of four Veterans receive a portion of their care from non-VA providers. On April 9, 2009, President Barack Obama directed the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to create the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER). On August 2010, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki visited Indianapolis, and after visiting with leaders from the VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Center of Excellence and the Regenstrief Institute, he made the following public comments regarding the latest partnership between the two institutions: "This new technology allows safer, more secure, and private access to electronic health information which, in turn, enhances our ability to continue providing Veterans with the quality care that they have earned." This new technology refers to the VLER HEALTH program that the Indianapolis VA is now implementing in partnership with the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE). This VA-IHIE demonstration project is intended to create the capacity for VA institutions to exchange health information with community partners. Investigators from the VA HSR&D Center on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice are active collaborators in building and implementing this program. The VA-IHIE program provides the bi-directional exchange of health information between VA and non-VA providers. Based on our pilot study of linked VA-IHIE data, investigators are conducting an evaluation of the impact of the VA-IHIE demonstration project upon health care quality and cost of Veterans by taking advantage of the initiation of the implementation as a natural experiment.
Acute attacks (exacerbations) of asthma are common and cause a great deal of suffering in asthmatic patients. Current treatments for asthma attacks are not completely effective and new and better treatments are needed. Viruses often cause asthma attacks and bacterial lung infections have also been associated with asthma attacks. However, the role for bacteria is uncertain. Current asthma guidelines for doctors treating asthma exacerbations do not recommend the routine use of antibiotics. The investigators would like to investigate whether or not azithromycin, which is a safe and well tolerated antibiotic (an antibacterial) that has been used for many years in the treatment of respiratory disease, might be of benefit in asthma attacks. As there is some evidence that azithromycin has anti-viral properties this may add to its benefits (antibiotics don't usually affect viruses). By looking at the effect of azithromycin on asthma attacks this will help us to show whether or not azithromycin should be recommended during an acute asthma attack in addition to the usual care that is provided to these patients as it may help them recover quicker from the exacerbation. The investigators will also be able to look at why azithromycin may be effective - if it is having an anti-bacterial and/or anti-viral effect.