View clinical trials related to Acute Lung Injury.
Filter by:In the current COVID-19 pandemic, many patients have an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Among mechanisms related to COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome, cytokine storm and secretion of IL-6 play a central role. ARDS management involves intubation for protective mechanical ventilation, deep sedation and curarisation. During intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization, improvement of hematosis induces a switch from a controlled ventilation mode to a withdrawal ventilation mode, such as Spontaneous Ventilation with Pressure Support (SP-PS) or Adaptative Support Ventilation (ASV). This step is essential prior to considering complete weaning from controlled ventilation and sometimes ends with a failure. In this case, deterioration of hematosis and/or ventilatory mechanics is observed. At the same time as withdrawal failure, the investigators observed biological inflammatory rebound in some patients. Therefore, influence of inflammatory biological parameters, including IL-6, on withdrawal failure, needs to be investigated. To this end, the investigators decide to dose different inflammatory markers - such as IL6, C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Procalcitonin (PCT) - in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19, during standard of care. Indeed, in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome not due to COVID-19, the increase in IL6 is a negative prognosis during medical first aid but also when the mechanical ventilation is withdrawn. In addition, IL6 rise is associated with poor prognosis for patients with COVID-19 and longer stays in intensive care.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of voxelotor for increasing oxygen saturation in 20 patients with hypoxemia. Specifically, the SpO2/FiO2 ratio will be compared before and after voxelotor use at rest and during exercise (ambulatory patients only). The primary study objective is to evaluate the efficacy of voxelotor for increasing oxygen saturation in patients with hypoxic hypoxemia as a result of end-stage lung disease or acute lung injury. The secondary objective is to evaluate the efficacy of voxelotor on allowing de-escalation of supplemental oxygen support.
An informational evaluation of COVID-19 patients who receive low-level laser therapy in addition to a normal regimen of treatment for symptoms associate with COVID-19. Results are compared to statistical observations published in literature from patients receiving standard care for COVID-19 symptoms without low-level laser therapy.
In patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) associated with COVID-19 inflammatory syndrome, the administration of Treg cells is a novel treatment complementary to other pharmacologic interventions that potentially can reduce lung inflammation, promote lung tissue repair, and significantly improve clinical outcomes. This trial is to evaluate the impact of a single IV dose of cePolyTregs given to ARDS patients with COVID-19 inflammatory syndrome.
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Two Different Ventilatory Strategies in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Due to Community-acquired Pneumonia. The control strategy will be based on ARDSNet approach. The intervention group will receive a different ventilatory strategy based on positive end-expiratory pressure tailored according to compliance and limited driving pressure.
Our hypothesis is that treating ARDS caused by COVID-19 with bevacizumab improves mortality. This is a phase II, multi-centered, randomized, open label, two-armed clinical trial to study the safety and efficacy of bevacizumab in COVID-19 positive patients who consequently developed ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) and who have previously received anti-viral and anti-inflammatory treatment.
This is a Phase 2b multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the efficacy and safety of intravenous (IV) Allocetra-OTS 10x10^9 cells vs placebo (1:1) in adult hospitalized patients with severe or critical Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) with associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Patients will be followed for efficacy and safety for 6 months. The trial will include periodic and ad-hoc DSMB review during the study period.
The SARS-CoV2 pandemic and resulting COVID-19 infection has led to a large increase in the number of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is a severe, life-threatening medical condition characterised by inflammation and fluid in the lungs. There is no proven therapy to reduce fluid leak, also known as pulmonary oedema, in ARDS. However, recent studies have discovered that imatinib strengthens the cell barrier and prevents fluid leak in the lungs in inflammatory conditions, while leaving the immune response intact. The investigators hypothesize that imatinib limits pulmonary oedema observed in ARDS due to COVID-19, and may thus help to reverse hypoxemic respiratory failure and to hasten recovery. The hypothesis will be tested by conducting a randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled multi-centre clinical study of intravenous imatinib in 90 mechanically-ventilated, adult subjects with COVID-19-related ARDS. Study participants will receive the study drug (imatinib or placebo) twice daily for a period of 7 days. The effect of the intervention will be tested by measuring extravascular lung water (i.e. pulmonary oedema) difference between day 1 and day 4, using a PiCCO catheter (= pulse contour cardiac monitoring device). Other measurements will include regular blood tests to investigate the safety and the pharmacokinetic properties of imatinib, as well as biomarkers of inflammation and cellular dysfunction. Furthermore, parameters of ventilation and morbidity and mortality will be recorded as secondary outcome measures.
COVID-19 pandemic has deeply burdened hospitals all over the world. A two-stage disease has been hypothesized due to quick worsening of clinical status after 7-10 days from the beginning of first symptoms, generally flu-like symptoms. Predicting clinical worsening could help to address major efforts towards higher risk patients. During the last year most observational studies, generally retrospective, has been conducted, identifying some risk factors such as age, obesity, male gender, cardiovascular disease, COPD, diabetes etc. The study goal is to collect systematically a variegate amount of clinical, biometric, laboratory and radiological data from patients admitted to the Emergency Medicine Ward of Piacenza Hospital (Italy), in order to prospectively analyze what characteristics are associated to higher risk of mortality.
This trial will study the use of USB002 given as an intravenous infusion in patients with respiratory distress due to infection with COVID-19.