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Filter by:Assessment of cardiovascular disorders using echocardiography and arterial stiffness; comparative noninvasive assessment of volatile organic compound (eVOC) exhale breath patterns in patients with different chronic respiratory diseases with age and gender-matched healthy adults in order to identify a disease-specific exhaled eVOCs profiles and markers of respiratory and cardiovascular disorders.
This study relies on the hypotheses that (1) exhaled breath is intimately correlated to the patient's lung condition and that (2)the composition of exhaled breath , i.e. the VOCs profile, will be significantly modified from the first days of treatment by CFTR modulators in a or pauci/symptomatic patients such as young children under 12 years old. The non-invasive and longitudinal collection and analysis of exhaled breath may reveal modifications in signaling pathways impacted by these treatments on the very short term. This study is a single-center pilot study.
This study will evalute the effect of a low glycemic load (LGL diet on dysglycemia, insulin requirements, DXA-derived body composition, gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life measures in adults with cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD). We will use continuous glucose monitors (CGM) to assess the LGL diet both in a controlled setting (via a meal delivery company) and in free-living conditions.
Some cystic fibrosis patients are unable to digest food and absorb nutrition appropriately as they have a condition known as exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI). Currently, these patients take pancreatic enzymes that are obtained from pig pancreas to aid the digestion of food. The goals of this clinical study are to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a novel formulation of a non-porcine lipase, called adrulipase, in patients with EPI due to cystic fibrosis. The main question[s] the study aims to answer are: 1. Is the novel formulation of adrulipase safe to use at the doses being evaluated in the clinical study. 2. Is adrulipase as effective, or more effective, compared to the pig enzymes the patients currently use. Researchers will compare the results obtained with adrulipase to how the patients typically respond to their pig enzymes to see if adrulipase helps patients digest fats adequately and if their stomach feels good (signs and symptoms of malabsorption).
Determine the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of single doses of ARCT-032 in healthy adult subjects (Phase 1) and of two doses in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis (Phase 1b).
The goal of this study is to learn about the role of estrogen and other hormones in bone development in adolescent and young adult women with cystic fibrosis (CF). The study has two main components, an observational study and a feasibility sub-study. The main questions it aims to answer are: - How do different forms of hormonal contraception (e.g. birth control pill or other progesterone only methods) impact bone health? - Is a study of transdermal estradiol (estrogen skin patches) feasible in this group? - How does transdermal estradiol impact bone health and quality of life? Participants in the observational study will have three study visits (baseline, 6 months, and 12 months). At all visits, participants will have blood drawn and will complete questionnaires. At the baseline and 12 month visits, participants will additionally have x-rays and DXAs (bone density assessment). Between visits, participants will complete brief questionnaires. Researchers will compare various measurements over time to assess the impact of different forms of hormonal contraception. Participants in the feasibility sub-study will apply transdermal estradiol patches once weekly for 12 months, fill out brief quality-of-life surveys in between study visits, and complete blood draws and questionnaires at four study visits (baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months). The participants will also have x-rays and DXAs performed at the baseline and 12 month visits. Researchers will examine changes in various measurements to determine the impact of transdermal estradiol.
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the etiopathogenesis of isolated hypoglycemia and hypoglycemia with abnormal glucose tolerance in children with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and to evaluate the role of glucagon and pancreatic insufficiency on hypoglycemia in CF. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Do isolated hypoglycemia and hypoglycemia with abnormal glucose tolerance have different etiopathogenesis? 2. What is the role of pancreatic insufficiency in these two conditions? Participants were asked to perform 3-h OGTT and to take blood samples. Researchers compared with healthy peers to see if there is isolated hypoglycemia in OGTT and how is the glucagon response to OGTT in healthy peers.
Recently trial data has shown that the medicine KaftrioTM (Elexacaftor/ Tezacaftor/ Ivacaftor) improves lung function in children aged 6 to 11 years who have cystic fibrosis (CF). This has led to it being licensed for use in the UK in 2022 and is now being prescribed in this age group. There is little information in trials however that shows the effect KaftrioTM (ETI) has on the gut or liver in this age group. Previous studies in the GIFT-CF series (NCT 03566550, NCT04006873 and NCT04618185) has found differences in the functioning of the gut between adults with CF and healthy controls but it is not known whether these differences are present in those aged 6 to 11 years. This study is a significant amendment of the GIFT-CF3 protocol (NCT04618185) that aims to measure gut function using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children with CF before and after starting ETI. This study also aims to opportunistically measure lung function and structure using MRI and explore how the liver can be measured using MRI in this age group. The study is split into 2 stages. The first is a pilot stage using the modified GIFT-CF protocol recruiting 3 children with CF before starting ETI and 3 healthy volunteers. This is to determine we are able to successfully perform these scans in these age groups. If successful, the second stage will recruit a further 12 children with CF before they start ETI. This will take our cohort up to 15 children with CF. This cohort will then be rescanned 6 months after starting ETI using the same scan protocol.
Rares diseases are a heterogeneous group of conditions which need important tools for diagnosis. The use of high-throughput sequencing is able to diagnose half of the patients. For the other part it is impossible to conclude due to the presence of variants of unknown significance (VOUS). Functional analysis are needed to bring strong argument to reclassify variants as pathogenic or benign. The main objective is to evaluate the diagnosis yield of this strategy.
Newborn screening (NBS) is a global initiative of systematic testing at birth to identify babies with pre-defined severe but treatable conditions. With a simple blood test, rare genetic conditions can be easily detected, and the early start of transformative treatment will help avoid severe disabilities and increase the quality of life. Baby Detect Project is an innovative NBS program using a panel of target sequencing that aims to identify 126 treatable severe early onset genetic diseases at birth caused by 361 genes. The list of diseases has been established in close collaboration with the Paediatricians of the University Hospital in Liege. The investigators use dedicated dried blood spots collected between the first day and 28 days of life of babies, after a consent sign by parents.