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Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about how well tezepelumab (pronounced TEZ e PEL ue mab), a Health Canada-approved drug for severe asthma, works in participants with coexisting allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis (hayfever). The main questions it aims to answer are: - How well does the study drug work to reduce nasal symptoms following exposure to an allergen after 6 doses, and after 12 doses? - Does the study drug reduce chemicals found in the nose known to be involved in the allergic rhinitis response? Both allergic and non-allergic participants will be enrolled in the study. Non-allergic participants will: - Not be receiving the study drug. - Be exposed to allergen via the Nasal Allergen Challenge, which involves the administration of allergen extract directly to the nose. - Complete nasal symptom and quality of life questionnaires - Have nasal fluid and blood samples collected at various time points up to 24 hours following allergen exposure. - Visit the clinic 3 separate times: - At a screening visit to determine their eligibility to participate in the study - At the baseline Nasal Allergen Challenge visit - At the 24-hour post-Nasal Allergen Challenge follow-up visit Allergic participants will: - Receive one dose of tezepelumab every 1 month for 12 months. Tezepelumab will be administered as an injection into the fatty layer just beneath the skin on the stomach, arm, or thigh. - Be exposed to allergen via the Nasal Allergen Challenge, which involves the administration of allergen extract directly to the nose. - Complete nasal symptom and quality of life questionnaires - Have nasal fluid and blood samples collected at various time points up to 24 hours following allergen exposure. - Visit the clinic 17 separate times: - At a screening visit to determine their eligibility to participate in the study - At the baseline, 6-month, and 12-month Nasal Allergen Challenge visits - At each 24-hour post-Nasal Allergen Challenge follow-up visit - For each dose of the study drug The investigator will compare changes in nasal symptoms and allergic chemicals measured from nasal fluid and blood samples between non-allergic participants and allergic participants at baseline and at 6- and 12-months following the use of the study drug.
The Kata® App is a digital therapy assistant for patients with asthma who need to inhale their therapy. Kata features inhalation trainers that shows patients in a simple and understandable way how to improve their inhalation maneuver so that the drug reaches the lungs efficiently. The Kata® App aims to reduce inhalation errors and ensures that inhaled drugs are used as approved and prescribed. Kata has different trainers for different inhalation devices. This study investigates the possible positive effects of the Kata® Inhalation App. The main goal of the study is to: 1. investigate the effect of using the Kata® App on adherence for inhaled drugs in adult asthma patients. It consists of two parts: the correct use of the inhalers; and compliance with the therapy, or how much the patient follows the therapy plan as prescribed. 2. investigate the effect of using the Kata® App on asthma symptoms and asthma control, as measured by the Asthma Control Test (ACT) questionnaire. In addition, asthma-related quality of life, lung function, and ease of use of the app will be assessed during the study. This multicenter study follows a randomized, controlled, parallel-group, adaptive two-stage design. The study includes two different groups: an intervention and a control group. At the beginning of the study, each patient is randomly assigned to one of these two groups. The total duration of the study is 13 weeks: 1 baseline week and 12 intervention weeks. During the baseline week, the intervention and control group both use the app with limited functionality. Kata records their inhalations but does not provide inhalation training or feedback. This is to first assess how well patients are able to use their inhaler(s) without receiving support. After the first week, the intervention group starts using the app with full functionality for 12 weeks, which means that the app provides them with inhalation training and personalized feedback. The control group continues to use the app with limited functionality for 12 weeks, that means that they continue to use the app to record their inhalations but do not receive any inhalation training or feedback. This study will compare the patients in the intervention and control group, to find out the effect of using the Kata® inhalation app on the number of errors patients make when using their inhaler, therapy compliance, and health-related outcomes (asthma control, quality of life, and lung function).
The study gap is that in previous studies the effects of bubble-PEP in different diseases have been studied but it's never been studied in asthmatic patients, so the reason behind this study is to see effects of bubble-PEP in Asthmatic Patients.
The study to evaluate the consistency of oscillometry and spirometry test results in patients with confirmed or suspected asthma or COPD, it is a multi-centre clinical study. sponsor by Astrazeneca Investment(China) Co.,LTD.
Approximately 330 million people in the world are living with asthma and 3-10% of them has difficult asthma that is challenging to control even with maximum doses of pharmacological treatment. In the last five years our multidisciplinary team has shown the clinical benefits of a short-term structured exercise programme for people living with difficult asthma (PDA) (1). However, engaging PDA in self-maintained exercise long-term and outside of the hospital environment remains a challenge. Changing and maintaining behaviours requires complex psychological and cognitive processes and appropriate modes of support by skilled practitioners. Underpinned by behavioural science and health psychology principles, our team has developed a world renown multimodal self-management support intervention for people living with cancer (2). The intervention focuses on initiating and maintaining exercise, optimising diet and includes supporting people through the cognitive and psychological processes to change their behaviour. We aim to adapt this intervention for PDA to optimise their self-management via the LIBERTY study. To achieve the best outcomes, prior to commencing the LIBERTY study, we aim to develop the intervention using the acclaimed Person-Based Approach (PBA) (3). This methodology is considered gold standard in behaviour change intervention development, implementation and evaluation and maximise the probability of the uptake and maintenance of the desired behaviour.
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if positive pressure during inspiration will improve penetration of aerosolized N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) into airway mucus plugs in the lungs of patients with asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The main questions it aims to answer are: - Does delivery of aerosolized NAC with positive inspiratory pressure have a greater effect on mucus plug burden in the lungs than delivery of NAC without positive pressure. - Does delivery of aerosolized NAC with positive inspiratory pressure have a greater effect on lung function than delivery of NAC without positive pressure. Participants will be assigned (in a single blind design) to the NAC via jet nebulizer group or the NAC via AeroEclipse-VersaPAP nebulizer group. Participants will each complete 5 treatment visits over the course of 30 days. Each treatment visit will consist of two treatments of a 10% NAC (3 mL) and 2.5 mg albuterol (0.5mL) inhalation solution separated by 4 hours, via the nebulization method specific to their group.
Determine to what extent three distinct dietary approaches improve asthma control and lung function.
There are over 700,000 UK hospital admissions every year with lung disease symptoms. Two of the most common lung diseases contributing to these numbers are asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The immunopathology of these diseases is not fully understood. Matched samples from the respiratory tract and circulation will be used to identify immune patterns throughout the respiratory system to elucidate the immunopathology of airway disease.
Asthma is a significant public health threat, affecting more than 300 million individuals globally. Asthma is classified as a non-communicable disease and leads to reduced quality of life, poor physical functioning and reduced emotional well-being. The impact of this disease can be widespread and extends beyond the person living with the disease, affecting the lives of their family members, carers, communities and the health care system (1). Asthma is a variable chronic respiratory condition. It is characterized by symptoms of wheeze, cough, chest tightness, dyspnea and backed by variable airflow limitation, airway inflammation and airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR). The severity of asthma varies considerably, both between individuals and within individuals over time. Some people may have intermittent asthma and others may experience severe, potentially life-threatening disease (2, 3,4).
This study aims to identify whether early administration of magnesium sulfate in moderate asthma exacerbations can potentially avoid admission, decrease length of stay in the emergency department (ED), decrease length of stay (LOS) in the general hospital floor vs pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and decrease the need for respiratory support.