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Filter by:The primary goal of this study is to investigate lung disease, through pulmonary function and high resolution chest CT, in newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Extra-articular disease occurs in approximately 50% of RA patients, with the lung being a common site of involvement. Investigators goal is to understand the prevalence of lung disease in early RA patients and to better characterize it through questionnaires, imaging, and serum studies. Additionally, the goal is to find novel biomarkers to predict lung disease in RA patients.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is usually characterized by long-term poor airflow, resulting in chronic pulmonary heart disease, chronic respiratory failure or even death. For COPD patients, pulmonary bronchus structures are damaged and cannot be repaired by recent clinical methods so far. This study intends to carry out a single-centered and non-randomized phase I/II clinical trial with concurrent controls to investigate whether bronchial basal cells can regenerate damaged lung tissue. During the treatment, bronchial basal cells will be isolated from patients' own bronchi and expanded in vitro. After careful characterization, expanded cells will be transplanted autologously into the lesion by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The safety and efficacy of the treatment will be monitored by measuring the key clinical indicators.
Anxiety and depression have negative effect on outcomes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Intervention strategy including behavioral-cognitive therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation are promising in improving life quality, disease symptom and outcomes. But there's not standard algorithm in China so far. The study aims to compare the effectiveness of these interventions and develop an intervention algorithm of anxiety and depression in COPD.
Anxiety and depression are common comorbidities of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the exact prevalence is not known in China. COPD patients with anxiety and depression tend to have more severe symptoms and worse prognosis, but the related evidences are not strong enough. The study aim to investigate the prevalence and long-term outcome of anxiety and depression in COPD.
Anticoagulation is the most important treatment for pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). The thromboembolism risk is especially high in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. However, there's no agreement on the most appropriate duration of anticoagulation in COPD with PTE to balance the risk of recurrence of thrombosis and bleeding. This randomized, controlled trial aims to evaluate the risk and benefit of prolonged anticoagulation compared with the regular 3-month anticoagulation in COPD with PTE.
Purpose: Characterize the depositional attributes of a specialized trans-nasal aerosol delivery device in healthy people using clinical measurements of mucociliary clearance. Procedures (methods): 14% hypertonic saline (HS) aerosol containing the radio tracer Tc99m-sulfur colloid will be delivered via the tPAD and compared to the well characterized PARI LC Star nebulizer (7% HS) using planar gamma scintigraphy (i.e. particle clearance). The fraction of sulfur colloid particles that clear over the ensuing 24 hours with each device will indicate the fraction deposited in conducting airways.
Pulmonary hypertension is a common complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is reported that over half of COPD patients develop pulmonary hypertension. COPD and pulmonary hypertension may have pathological or genetics interactions so that patients having both disorders tend to have poor prognosis. Echocardiography is widely used to detect pulmonary hypertension, but it's not accurate enough. Therefore, high-quality data reflecting the prevalence, disease course and outcome of pulmonary hypertension in COPD is very limited in China. The aim of the study is to detect pulmonary hypertension with right heart catheterization, describe its outcome in Chinese COPD patients and explore the underlying interaction mechanism.
The goal of the research project PROTECT is to translate the Person-Centred Care (PCC) principles into an eHealth (the use of information and communication technologies for health) context. A developed PCC eHealth platform will be used as a tool to identify patients´ resources to enhance coping and living with their chronic illness by means of a dialog and partnership with staff and relatives. The PCC eHealth platform will not replace, but instead be used as add on treatment to usual care (guideline directed care).
COPD and sleep apnea dyspnea syndrome represent two of the most common chronic lung diseases. It is reported that the prevalence of COPD with sleep apnea dyspnea syndrome is also very high. COPD and sleep apnea may have pathological or genetics interactions so that patients having both disorders tend to have worse outcomes than either condition alone. Data reflecting the prevalence, disease course and outcome of overlap syndrome is very limited in China. Therefore, the aim of the study is to describe the prevalence, treatment and outcome in Chinese patients and exploring the underlying interaction mechanism.
ASTUTE is a pragmatic open randomised 12-week multinational trial to evaluate the effectiveness of aclidinium bromide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate fixed-dose combination compared to standard of care bronchodilators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.