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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Fenzian™ treatment on symptoms (such as shortness of breath), lung function (how well the lungs work), and albuterol/salbutamol (rescue medication) use in people with asthma. This will be done by comparing the effects of Fenzian™ treatment to the effects of a sham treatment, which looks the same as the Fenzian™ device but doesn't do anything. The Fenzian™ device is an electrical instrument that the investigators hope will help reduce airway inflammation associated with asthma symptoms by stimulating the nerves with very low electrical currents. The study device will be applied directly to the skin on the back, working along the ribs toward the spine, alternating between left and right sides, and on your face.
The purpose of this study is to look at the effectiveness of Xolair® (omalizumab) in people with asthma taking Advair Diskus®. The study will look at the effects of Xolair® on lung function using high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scans after asthma symptoms are induced with a special substance called methacholine. This study is only taking place at UCLA, where about 13 subjects will be enrolled. Participation requires 10-14 visits over about 26 weeks. Subjects will receive an albuterol inhaler to use as needed for immediate relief of symptoms and fluticasone 250 mcg/salmeterol 50 mcg or fluticasone 500 mcg/salmeterol 50 mcg (Advair Diskus® 250/50 or 500/50) to be taken twice daily. At certain visits, they will be given Xolair® injections followed by various assessments, including CT scans and lung function tests.
The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the benefit of MK0524 compared to placebo in patients with chronic asthma.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of escalating multiple subcutaneous (SC) doses of MEDI-563 in adult subjects with asthma.
We want to evaluate efficacy of Symbicort® Turbuhaler® (formoterol/budesonide) therapy for asthma in real life conditions. For this purpose we will include both patients that are treated with Symbicort® Turbuhaler® the "classical" maintenance only treatment approach as well as those treated with the SMART approach.
This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study designed to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of MILR1444A compared with placebo in reducing the airway reaction to an inhaled aeroallergen solution in adult patients with mild allergic asthma. The study will randomize approximately 24 patients at five study centers. In the event of patient discontinuation from the study, additional patients may be enrolled at the discretion of the Sponsor.
Our hypothesis is that the severity of asthma is determined by the way in which airway smooth muscle cells grow and release inflammatory mediators. Our main objective is to establish how the properties of the airway smooth muscle cell varies with asthma severity. Environmental agents, such as cigarette smoke, and inflammation can give rise to oxidative stress - this is a process whereby harmful chemicals called free radicals are formed in the body and damage tissues. The damage caused can be limited/prevented by protective, or anti-oxidant mediators. We will also look at molecules involved in oxidative stress which may affect the way in which the airway smooth muscle grows and produces inflammatory mediators.
This study enrolled 30 healthy volunteers and 30 patients with atopic asthma, for a total of 60 subjects. The study examined the tolerability of omalizumab and omalizumab excipients in two successive cohorts of subjects, healthy volunteers and patients with allergic asthma without prior exposure to omalizumab, according to a skin test protocol, consisting of a prick skin test and/or intradermal test.
This is a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 4-way cross-over study. At each study visit a standardised treadmill test will be performed to provoke EIA. Before and after the challenge test pulmonary function variables (e.g. forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)) will be measured in order to assess the protective effect of the study medication.
The trial is a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 5 µg tiotropium over a 48-week treatment period as compared to placebo. Tiotropium inhalation solution delivered by the Respimat® inhaler will be examined as add-on controller therapy on top of usual care in patients with severe persistent asthma. The primary objective of each trial is to evaluate the long term efficacy of tiotropium over placebo on top of usual care in patients with severe persistent asthma as determined by pulmonary function testing, effects on asthma exacerbations, effects on quality of life, on asthma control and health care resource utilisation. The secondary objective of each trial is to compare the long term safety of tiotropium with placebo in this patient population.