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Filter by:The main goal of this study is to develop a noninvasive signature for pulmonary vascular remodeling in Group 3 PH patients, using hyperpolarized 129Xe magnetic resonance imaging (129Xe MRI). Such a signature may identify Group 3 PH responders to PAH-specific therapies. PAH's unique 129Xe MRI signature has been shown in previous studies. Past studies have lacked a pathologic "ground truth" correlate of these signatures, which could be provided by comparing them with the pathology of lung explant tissue from patients who have undergone a lung transplant. This signature could be validated in a cohort of patients with Group 3 PH in future studies.
The hallmark of the L phenotype is the vasoplegia, as confirmed by the rapid change in density and distribution of CT findings from the supine to the prone position. The benefit of a prone position in awake, nonintubated, spontaneously breathing Covid-19 patients has been emerging as potential tool to improve oxygenation and to prevent the access to ICU. No evidence of radiological modifications related to Aim of our study is to evaluate CT changes in terms of extension, distribution and prevalence of findings, in the supine compared with the prone position.
Study RIN-PF-301 is designed to evaluate the superiority of inhaled treprostinil against placebo for the change in absolute forced vital capacity (FVC) from baseline to Week 52.
The purpose of this study is to establish a clinical database for patients bearing at risk for ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease) and to set up a prospective ILD Screening program for these patients.
Radiology is an important component of the multidisciplinary team. The primary goal of this project will be to create a tool using findings on chest computed tomography (CT) for nearly 300 patients with the most common types of fibrosis. The tool will be tested using chest CT scans of an additional 100 patients with the 3 most common diagnoses of fibrosis. The second objective will be to further validate the tool by performing a reader study with 3 co-investigating radiologists and ask them to look at 100 CT scans of patients with fibrosis without tool and then with tool and see if accuracy of diagnosis improves compared to the working diagnosis when using the tool.
A major goal of this protocol is to support biomarker studies in advanced lung diseases, lung transplantation care, and to improve our understanding of the effects of viral and other infectious exposures to outcomes in our lung transplant and ALD patient populations.
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the usefulness of hyperpolarized (HP) 129Xe gas MRI for regional assessment of pulmonary function.
The use of saturometry at home is more and more widespread in patients suffering from interstitial pulmonary diseases (IPD), the patients seeing it as reassurance and a concrete way to follow the evolution of their disease. However, there are no studies evaluating the real clinical benefit of taking saturation at home in this population. In addition, clinical experience seems rather to demonstrate an increase in the anxiety level and the number of clinically unnecessary consultations related to the use of this measure. The secondary objectives are to determine the impact of this measurement on: (1) the health care use (telephone calls, medical consultations and hospitalizations), (2) dyspnea score, (3) the anxiety and depression score (HADS score) and (4) the physical activity level. The exploratory objectives will be to determine if the measurement of saturation at home makes it possible to (1) predict the occurrence of acute exacerbations of fibrosis, (2) effectively predict the decline in respiratory function tests and (3) 1-year mortality. The investigator will also assess whether this measure makes it possible to screen patients with oxygen therapy needs at home. The investigator hypothesize that measuring oxygen saturation at home will lead to a significant deterioration in quality of life, an increase in the use of health care, a significant increase in the rate of anxiety and depression, dyspnea and a decrease in the physical activity level.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurs in Clinically Amyopathic Dermatomyisitis(CADM) combined with Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease(RPILD) within 1-3 months, which leads to death of patients and is difficult to treat. Even if high doses of glucocorticoids are ineffective, there is no recommended treatment for such patients, which is a huge medical challenge.Lymphopenia is an independent risk factor for death in CADM-RPILD, but the cause of lymphopenia is unclear.In this study, the level of lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood was detected by flow cytometer, in order to further clarify the pathogenesis of the disease, to facilitate clinical guidance of treatment, and to improve the survival rate of patients.In addition, studies have shown that INF-α levels are significantly increased in CADM patients combined with RPILD and are a poor prognostic factor for CADM-RPILD, suggesting that the interferon system plays a role in the pathogenesis of CADM and can be used as an evaluation index of the severity of CADM-RPILD.In this study, the levels of relevant cytokines including INF and IL-2, IL-17, IL-18, IL-6 were detected simultaneously, and the relationship between disease activity and lymphocyte subsets was analyzed, and the changes of lymphocyte subsets after Tofacitinib treatment were determined in order to facilitate clinical guidance of treatment.
This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Jianfei Kangfu Cao in the treatment of primary Sjogren's syndrome associated interstitial lung disease.