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Filter by:Chronic abdominal pain is extremely common in individuals with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Therapy for chronic abdominal pain is very limited and generally consists of osmotic laxatives or drugs that are used to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), most of which are off-label and not proven to be effective for CF patients. Abdominal pain negatively impacts the quality of life (QOL). With the development of novel therapies for CF, life expectancy has significantly increased. There is, therefore, a critical need to identify treatment pathways for chronic abdominal pain in children with CF. In humans, abdominal pain is modulated by the vagus nerve. Stimulation of the vagus nerve has been suggested to reduce visceral sensitivity and abdominal pain. IB-stim is the Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Field Stimulation (PENS) device. It is a non-invasive, outpatient therapy. PENFS has been shown to be efficacious in pediatric patients with abdominal pain. The FDA has cleared and classified this device as class II, suggesting minimal to moderate risk. There is increasing evidence of intestinal inflammation in patients with CF, which could help explain the GI symptoms and differentiate from IBS. Studies have reported increased inflammation in the intestines using fecal calprotectin. With the implementation of this study, investigators hypothesize that the IB -Stim device will reduce their overall GI inflammation and abdominal pain.
The aim of this study is to determine the effects of liver transplantation and standard immunosuppression on body composition in patients with compensated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
The present application proposes to study the role the composition of the pediatric CF airway microbiota plays in frequent pulmonary exacerbations in pediatric CF patients. In order to accomplish this goal the dynamics of the composition of the CF airway microbiota in two distinct subsets of pediatric patients with CF will be characterized, those with frequent pulmonary exacerbations and clinically stable children. Clinical measures of pulmonary function, patient reported symptoms, sleep quality, and antibiotic usage will be recorded, and these findings will be correlated with the lung microbiota data. This strategy promises to identify the key characteristics of the pediatric CF microbiota, which can in turn be used as noninvasive markers to identify those patients at a higher risk for experiencing repeated pulmonary exacerbations.
This is a project that will determine whether the use of daily bright light therapy has an effect on depressive symptoms experienced by adult inpatients with CF and COPD. The purpose of this project is to apply a daily 30-minute BLT intervention to hospitalized adult CF and COPD patients in order to decrease symptoms of depression as measured by depression inventory scoring.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a rare, life-threatening, genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system, significantly impairing the quality of life, with those affected having a median age of death at 40. The main objective of this study is to assess how safe and effective is the combination therapy of galicaftor/navocaftor/ABBV-119 or Galicaftor/Navocaftor/ABBV-576 in adult participants with CF who are homozygous or heterozygous for the F508del mutation in each arm. Galicaftor/Navocaftor/ABBV-119 combination therapy and Galicaftor/Navocaftor/ABBV-576 is being developed as an investigational drug for the treatment of CF. Study doctors place participants in 1 of the 4 groups, called treatment arms. Each group receives a different treatment. Around 90 adult participants with a diagnosis of CF will be enrolled in the study around approximately 35 sites worldwide. Participants in arm 1 will receive oral capsules of galicaftor/navocaftor dual combination for 28 days followed by galicaftor/navocaftor/ABBV-119 triple combination for 28 days. Participants in arms 2 and 3 will receive the galicaftor/navocaftor/ABBV-119 triple combination or placebo for 28 days. Participants in arm 4 will receive galicaftor/navocaftor/ABBV-576 triple combination therapy for 28 days. For all study arms, ABBV-576, galicaftor, navocaftor, will be given once daily and ABBV-119 twice a day. There may be higher treatment burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care. Participants will attend regular visits during the study at a hospital or clinic. The effect of the treatment will be checked by medical assessments, blood tests, checking for side effects and completing questionnaires.
Patients who have undergone cardiac ablation will be randomized and blinded to one of two groups; one group will receive dronedarone while the other group will receive a placebo. The incidence of atrial fibrillation recurrence, as well as atrial fibrosis progression, will be analyzed between the two trial groups.
This study will evaulate the long-term safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics (PK) of recombinant human pentraxin-2 (rhPTX-2; PRM-151) zinpentraxin alfa, administered by intravenous (IV) infusion to participants with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
This is a Phase 1, 4-part, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of TD-1058 inhaled solution. Part A is a SAD study in healthy subjects, Part B is a MAD study in healthy subjects, Part C is a multiple-dose study in subjects with IPF, and Part D studies lung bioavailability and renal elimination in Healthy Subjects.
This phase III study will evaluate the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) of recombinant human pentraxin-2 (rhPTX-2; PRM-151) zinpentraxin alfa, compared with placebo in participants with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
The aim is to evaluate the impact of a 3-week lasting residential rehabilitation program for patients with cystic fibrosis on their nutritional status measured as BMI and body composition and pulmonary function.