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Filter by:The aim of this study is to determine responses of the immune system to the annual flu vaccination in people with COPD who experience frequent or infrequent exacerbations and healthy participants. We will collect blood and saliva immediately before and one month after flu vaccination at GP surgeries in the Autumn/Winter period. By measuring how quickly antibodies (that provide protection against infection) develop in the blood after vaccination we can provide important new information to help confirm whether those prone to COPD flare ups have weaker immune systems.
The study is an interventional, multicentre, prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blind, comparative trial of two processes for adjusting the inhibitor of calcineurin (CNI) dosage in lung transplant recipients. Recipients will be stratified by transplant center and according to the underlying lung disease (affected with cystic fibrosis or not) and will be randomized to either evaluation of calcineurin activity (CN-a) in combination with CNI blood levels versus CNI blood levels alone in a 1:1 ratio. The objective is to compare the proportion of acute rejection that has required a specific curative treatment at 6 months after transplantation between patients in the two groups.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of entinostat on heart rate and other electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters. This study will also evaluate the safety and tolerability of entinostat, as well as pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters.
This Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QuERI) project is designed to determine efficacy and acceptance of an intervention method to provide primary care providers with patient-tailored electronic consults and corresponding unsigned orders for de-implementation of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for patients with COPD when ICS are not indicated by guidelines.
Systemic sclerosis is a multisystem disease and can involve the lungs in the form of ILD. Lung involvement is the most common cause of death in these patients. The present study is performed to study the efficacy of oral mycophenolate mofetil in treating early and mild ILD in patients of SSc. The efficacy and side effects of mycophenolate mofetil will be compared with that of oral placebo.
In patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) lifestyles with lower physical activity levels have been shown to increase the risk of hospital admissions and shorten survival rates. An established process in increasing activity levels is to undergo pulmonary rehabilitation classes. The investigators wish to identify whether the use of activity monitors,which will provide feedback on activity levels, will increase the physical activity levels of patients with COPD outside of the supervised pulmonary rehabilitation sessions.
The purpose is to study the correlation between systemic inflammation (serum levels of CRP, IL-1beta, IL-6 and TNF-alpha) or hyperhomocysteinemia and the increase of mortality, in a representative cohort of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Secondary purposes are: 1. To confirm the increase of cardiovascular mortality and the importance of cardiovascular morbidity in patients with COPD, 2. To establish the role of various genetic polymorphisms in the correlation between systemic inflammation and cardiovascular disorders observed in COPD, 3. To search for acceleration of aging of cardiovascular system evaluated with carotid intima-media thickness when systemic inflammation markers are increased, 4. To study the correlation between COPD risk factors (tobacco and other food factors), change of respiratory functional data and cardiovascular morbi-mortality. In this study cardiovascular morbi-mortality is defined by following disorders: ischemic cardiopathy, left-sided heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia and cerebrovascular accident. Diagnosis is confirmed with standard techniques and independently of this study. Results of clinical examination, ECG, echocardiography and /or brain scanner will be collected.
Patients with cystic fibrosis frequently develop chronic rhinosinusitis. Bacterial colonization is facilitated by a reduced mucociliary function and some previous studies suggest that the microbiology of the upper airways might influence the microbiology of the lower airway. The aim of this randomized control study is to demonstrate efficacy of antibiotic delivered by nebulized sonic aerosol therapy to decrease the bacterial load in sinuses and medium ostia and to improve the sino-nasal symptoms and endoscopic scores, quality of life and lung function
A placebo-controlled trial to determine whether recent ex-smokers with COPD who successfully stop smoking after taking varenicline are less likely to relapse back to smoking if they continue using varenicline for a further 12 weeks
This is a pilot study that seeks to evaluate the feasibility and safety of using a TEG algorithm in addition to traditional laboratory tests to guide transfusion and coagulation management of ECMO patients.