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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine the pharmacokinetics and safety of inhaled vancomycin in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Using CFF registry data, this analysis will: describe patterns of time to TIS initiation from first year of TIS eligibility, estimate the increased risk of death attributable to each year of delayed TIS initiation, and investigate TIS effects across study centers.
The MUSIC OL study is an open-label extension study, in which all eligible patients having completed the double-blind AC-055B201/MUSIC study as scheduled receive macitentan 10 mg once daily. The study objective is to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of macitentan in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
A major factor in the respiratory health of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) subjects is the prevalence of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection rate in CF patients increases with age and by age 18 years approximately 85% of CF patients in the US are infected. Liposomal amikacin for inhalation (Arikace™) was developed as a possible treatment for chronic infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in CF patients. The purpose of this double-blind, placebo controlled study is to determine whether Arikace™ is effective in treating chronic lung infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis subjects. The study will enroll approximately 300 subjects in clinics in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Subjects will be randomized to 590 mg Arikace™ or placebo and will receive treatment for 28 days followed by a 56 day safety follow-up period. The subjects will be required to visit the clinic 8 times (including the Screening visit) over a period of approximately 3 months. No overnight stays at the clinic will be required. At the completion of the TR02-109 protocol, subjects who have consented and meet study safety criteria may enroll in the long-term, open-label, multi-cycle extension study of 590 mg of Arikace™ (under a separate protocol TR02-110).
This study evaluates images obtained from a standard clinical cardiac MRI for evidence of fibrosis.
The primary objective of this study is to measure efficacy of our new protocol by monitoring the results of our routine respiratory cultures at the end of the new standard treatment, and during routine visits for 1 year from initiation of therapy for Staphylococcus aureus. The secondary objective will include determining the clinical course (pulmonary exacerbations, antibiotic use, hospitalizations, pulmonary function tests) of patients who underwent the protocol.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF), the most common inherited disease in Caucasians, is characterized by chronic pulmonary inflammation and progressive loss of gas exchange units that eventually results in respiratory failure. There is strong evidence that, in CF, abnormally low perfusion carries a high risk of death independent from the presence of pulmonary hypertension. However, the evolution of pulmonary vascular disease in CF and how it might contribute to the rate of decline in lung function is not known. Our knowledge remains limited to the results of old observational studies which concluded that the major causes of pulmonary vascular remodeling and hypertension in CF are hypoxic respiratory failure and destruction of lung tissue. Our recent data obtained by state-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the pulmonary circulation, challenges the existing paradigm. We demonstrate that in the absence of hypoxia, significant changes in pulmonary perfusion and in surrogate measures of vascular resistance as well as in collateral blood flow begin early in the course of CF. Newly developed therapeutics have altered dramatically the course of patients suffering from pulmonary vascular disease. Through this 8 week trial, we will examine by Magnetic Resonance Imaging the effect of Sildenafil on pulmonary perfusion and systemic vascularization of the lungs in subjects with mild to moderate disease.
The hypothesis is that the intranasal use of Pulmozyme will decrease the severity of sinusitis in Cystic Fibrosis and lead to an improved quality of life.
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of pomalidomide over a 12 week duration in the treatment of chronic cough in patients with IPF as measured by a Cough Symptom Diary, Visual Analogue Scale for Cough Severity, Leicester Cough Questionnaire, St. George Respiratory Questionnaire, Cough-Specific Quality-of-Life Questionnaire, and adverse event reporting. There will be an option open to participants, who respond to treatment by meeting pre-determined criteria, to remain in the study for an additional 9 months or for a total of 54 weeks.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a lethal genetic condition that affects 30,000 children and adults in the United States. Although CF management has improved substantially over the past two decades, there is still no cure and most patients with CF die before reaching their 50th birthday, largely due to lung failure. There is growing evidence that excess lung and blood inflammation that occurs in response to infections in the lungs cause CF patients to be sicker. Simvastatin is a drug that is used to lower cholesterol, but many researchers have found that this drug may also treat blood and lung inflammation. In this study, we will determine whether or not simvastatin can treat blood and lung inflammation in patients with CF and most importantly determine whether or not it can make these patients feel better and have better lung function.