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Filter by:The environment during the prenatal period and in early life is a major contributor to the risk of developing childhood asthma. Birth cohort studies from single research centers have identified several factors that affect the risk for developing childhood asthma, including being exposed in early life to allergens, pollutants, viruses and bacteria, and psychosocial stress. Despite such advances, further progress in understanding the root causes of asthma have been hampered by the small size of previous studies, which makes it difficult to: 1) identify asthma risk factors with certainty, 2) know how environmental factors across the United States (U.S.) affect asthma, and 3) whether there are critical ages when pregnant mothers, infants and young children are particularly susceptible to these influences. Furthermore, different research groups tend to use different methods to study asthma, making it difficult to either compare or pool findings. One other challenge is that there are several types (i.e. phenotypes, endotypes) of childhood asthma, but these are poorly understood. To help overcome these challenges, investigators leading 12 asthma birth cohorts across the U.S. have established the Children's Respiratory Research Workgroup (CREW) consortium. CREW proposes to identify specific types of childhood asthma, develop an understanding of what early life environmental influences cause these different types of asthma and when, and identify targets for future efforts aimed at preventing childhood asthma.
Smoking occurs frequently in patients with asthma. Recent surveys on smoking prevalence report 21-26% current smokers in populations of patients with asthma. Detrimental effects of active smoking in asthma include worse asthma control, an impaired response to corticosteroids and accelerated lung function decline.
GSK3772847, an anti-interleukin (IL)33 receptor monoclonal antibody, is a novel treatment for asthma. This is a phase 2a study which aims to evaluate efficacy, safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) profiles of GSK3772847 in subjects with moderately severe asthma. The study will be conducted in 4 phases including screening, run-in phase, treatment phase and follow-up. In treatment phase, eligible subjects will be randomized to receive either GSK3772847 or placebo administered via intravenous (IV) route every 4 weeks in addition to open-label background therapy of fluticasone propionate/ salmeterol (FP/Sal) 500/50 micrograms (mcg) twice daily. During the treatment phase, the background therapy will be switched to FP 500 mcg for 2 weeks and the dose of FP will be reduced by approximately 50 percent at every 2 weeks until complete FP discontinuation. The total duration of study will be approximately 33 weeks and approximately 165 subjects with moderately severe asthma who are maintained on high-dose of inhaled corticosteroids/ Long-Acting Beta-2-Agonists (ICS/LABA) will be randomized.
The investigators propose a home hospital model of care that substitutes for treatment in an acute care hospital. Limited studies of the home hospital model have demonstrated that a sizeable proportion of acute care can be delivered in the home with equal quality and safety, reduced cost, and improved patient experience.
Asthma and allergy is increasing in Norway and Western countries. Treatment is still mostly symptomatic. Extracts of the immunomodulatory and edible mushroom Agaricus blazei, such as Andosan™, have been shown to protect against asthma and allergy in murine models by changing the T helper cell 1(upregulation)-T helper cell 2 (downregulation) balance in the immune system. Andosan™ is produced in Japan and approved as food (mushroom juice) in Norway. Blood donors and possibly patients with pollen-derived allergy and asthma will be included in the study.The aim is to examine whether Andosan™ i) has similar clinical effects against allergy and asthma in man as it has in mice, and ii) reduces drug use and increases frequency of blood donations. Blood donors or patients who are recruited with informed consent will be given Andosan™ or placebo orally as add-on treatment to ordinary treatment for 7 weeks during the Birch pollen season, and specific IgE will be measured before, during and after the intervention, in addition to basophil activation testing and filling out of a questionnaire.
The objective of this study is to investigate if maternal intake of vitamins A and D from food and dietary supplements during pregnancy, and infant supplementation with these vitamins, are associated with development of asthma in the offspring.
Particulate matter(PM) exposure has been shown to increase the morbidity and mobility of a variety of respiratory diseases, including COPD and asthma. This study focus on the effects of PM on the pulmonary function and acute exacerbation of COPD and asthma patients in China, where PM exposure is much heavier than the United States and European countries.
Perform an exploratory analysis of association between consumption of high excess free fructose (EFF) beverages (high fructose corn syrup sweetened soft drinks, fruit drinks, apple juice) and Chronic Bronchitis (CB)/history of CB, and asthma/ history of asthma.
The study objective is to investigate the safety and effectiveness of Spiriva Respimat in patients with mild to moderate persistent asthma under real-world use
The aim of this study is to investigate the potential benefit of Pictorial versus Written Asthma Action Plans (AAPs) to support asthma management among young people with persistent asthma. Participants will be randomly allocated to the Pictorial or Written AAP group and followed up over a 6-month period. Qualitative and quantitative data will be collected from young people, parents and clinical teams involved in recruitment to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the Pictorial AAP (PAAP) software developed for this study, the PAAPs produced by the software, and the study procedures.