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Filter by:Background: Chronic fatigue (CF) is a prominent symptom in many sarcoidosis patients, affecting quality of life (QoL) and interfering with treatment. This study investigates neuropsychobiological mechanisms and markers of CF in sarcoidosis.
This is an educational work. Thirty patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis will be included in the study and randomly selected into two training groups.One group will receive home inspiratory muscle training (IMT) for 15 minutes, twice a day, 7 days a week with the resh Threshold IMT 'device. In the IMT group, the initial training intensity will be determined by measuring the maximal inspiratory muscle strength (MIP) with the intraoral pressure measuring device, 30% of the measured (MIP) value will be started at the first evaluation and the new training intensity will be determined by calculating 30% of the measured value by repeating the MIP measurement every week. The other group will perform upper extremity and trunk exercises combined with respiratory exercises at home for 7 days, twice a day for 15 minutes.Patients will be evaluated before the training program and 8 weeks after the training. In the first evaluation, demographic information and clinical characteristics of the patients will be noted.In this study, upper and lower extremity exercise capacity, respiratory functions, peripheral muscle strength, dyspnea, fatigue, sleep quality, cognitive function, daily living activities, physical activity level, anxiety, depression, upper extremity and trunk exercises combined with inspiratory muscle training in patients with sarcoidosis and the impact on quality of life.
Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease of unknown origin. Fatigue is a common problem in sarcoidosis affecting between 50% and 80% of patients, and thus represents a major impairment of their quality of life. The findings of recent studies suggest a high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in patients with sarcoidosis, estimating a range from 17% to 67%. Pathomechanisms leading to this increased OSA prevalence are still unclear, yet likely to be multifactorial including sarcoid myopathy and neuropathy leading to impaired integrity of the upper airways as well as corticosteroid induced obesity. While both diseases, Sarcoidosis and OSA, could lead to fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) the current managing strategies differ significantly. OSA patients are mostly treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) whereas sarcoidosis associated fatigue may require increased immunosuppressive therapy. Little is known about treatment of fatigue and sleepiness in patients suffering from both conditions.This study aims to close this knowledge gap and define prevalence of OSA in a swiss cohort with sarcoidosis patients. Therefore, we plan a prospective, observational, controlled study to investigate the prevalence of sleepiness, fatigue, life quality and obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with Sarcoidosis. Patients treated in the University Hospital Zurich due to sarcoidosis will be invited by letter to take part in this study. After confirmed consent and baseline assessments at the University Hospital Zurich, these patients will undergo a single night, in-home sleep study to assess possible OSA. Sleepiness and fatigue specific questionnaires and in-home respiratory polygraphy (oRP) are obtained in all subjects. To assess inflammation status and other conditions connected to sleepiness like hypothyroidism and anaemia, sarcoidosis patients will undergo blood sampling.
The investigators conduct a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to investigate the effects of the fermented oyster extract on muscle strength, muscle mass, and muscle function in healthy adults for 12 weeks.
The purpose of this proof of concept study is to determine whether CMK389 displays the safety and efficacy profile to support further development in chronic pulmonary sarcoidosis.
Patients with sarcoidosis need treatment options that effectively control their disease without causing undesirable side effects. An appealing strategy is to repurpose existing drugs which possess beneficial immune modulating activity and are safe for long-term use. Recently, increased activity of the mTOR intracellular signalling pathway in inflammatory cells has emerged as a key driver of granulomatous inflammation in mouse models and patients with sarcoidosis. The macrolide antibiotic azithromycin directly inhibits mTOR activity in inflammatory cells, making it a prime target for drug repurposing in sarcoidosis. Azithromycin has an acceptable tolerability profile when used for long-term treatment of other chronic respiratory disease Single centre open label clinical trial of oral azithromycin 250 mg once daily for 3 months in 20-30 patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis. The Investigator have opted for an open label study because this will be the first study of azithromycin in sarcoidosis. Trial assessments will be performed according to standards of Good Clinical Practice with assessments at baseline, 1, and 3 months. All other clinical care, investigations, and treatment (if indicated) will remain the responsibility of the treating physician and based on clinical MDT consensus decisions.
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness and the safety of sarilumab in patients with glucocorticoid-dependent sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease that affects individuals worldwide without known pathogenesis, and the role of comorbidities has not been fully assessed in the scientific literature. An increased incidence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) has been described in Sarcoidosis although this association has not been explained yet and no data is available about the effect of treatment with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in Sarcoidosis. Also, patients affected by Sarcoidosis usually experience a state of physical and mental weariness called fatigue and reported in approximately 60-80% sarcoid patients and thought to be a consequence of inflammatory mediators but the high prevalence of OSAS could be a remarkable bias in clinical evaluation because fatigue is also strongly associated with sleep disorders. Thus, there is a real need for assessing not only the real prevalence of OSAS in Sarcoidosis but also the effect of CPAP treatment on fatigue status experienced by sarcoidotic patients.
To investigate the ability of tofacitinib, a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, to treat patients with cutaneous sarcoidosis and granuloma annulare during 6 months of therapy.
The purpose of this study is to develop a clinical dataset of sarcoidosis patients with a diagnosis of cancer who are categorized by date of birth, sex, race/ethnicity, clinical information, laboratory and imaging information, time of sarcoidosis onset, cancer type and treatment, time of cancer diagnosis, stage and grade.