Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Tract (Lung and Bronchial) Diseases"

In COVID-19 infection caused by the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), there is a dysregulation of the immune system response that causes cytokine storm syndrome. SARS-CoV-2 works like a hijacker (hackers), sabotaging communication between cells so that the immune system, like T-cells, kills not only infected cells but also healthy cells. This dysregulation results in hyper-inflammation which cause damage to organs, not just the lungs. This is the cause of the high mortality rate in COVID-19 patients. Exosomes are vesicles with a size of 30-100 nanometers originating from within cells that function to communicate with other cells. Exosomes are transport containers that contain bioactive cargo: such as proteins, genetic material, and various other molecules. These containers move from cells of origin, flowing through blood vessels or other body fluids to target cells. Exosomes penetrate the cell membrane and act on various organelles within the target cell. All cell types can produce exosomes. What differentiates them is the cargo they contain. The exosome produced by mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) contains bioactive cargo derived from mesenchymal stem cells, such as anti-inflammatory cytokines, growth factors, messengerRNA (mRNA) and microRNA (miRNA). The target cells are immune system cells, infected cells and progenitor cells from infected organs. On target immune cells, the anti-inflammatory cytokines work as immunomodulators to relieve hyper-inflammation. In infected cells, the miRNAs work to prevent viral replication by inhibiting the expression of SARS-CoV-2 virus RNA (viral mRNA silencing and degrading). In lung progenitor cells and other infected organs, the growth factors work to stimulate protein synthesis processes that function for organ regeneration. This study is a multi-center, double-blind, randomized controlled trial (RCT) clinical trial with two arms: one intervention arm, and one control arm. The EXOSOME-MSC will be tested as adjuvant, on top of standard COVID-19 drugs. It will be injected to participants via intravenous route twice, in day-1 and day-7 of 14 days of study participation.

ORV-PF-01 is a two way, placebo controlled, cross-over study, to evaluate the effect of two doses of orvepitant on cough in patients with IPF.

Current study aimed to explore the effect of high PEEP during noninvasive ventilation among hypoxemic patients with acute respiratory failure.

This trial will study the safety and efficacy of intravenous infusion of cultured allogeneic adult umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of Pulmonary Diseases

This phase I trial finds out the best dose, possible benefits and/or side effects of papaverine when given together with chemoradiation intreating patients with stage II-III non-small cell lung cancer. Papaverine targets mitochondrial metabolism to decrease the cancer growth process. Giving papaverine with chemoradiation may work best to treat patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

The clinical trial is designed as a prospective, multi-center, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, interventional trial to assess safety, tolerability and efficacy of Adrecizumab (on top of SOC) in patients with COVID-19, and to evaluate if improvement of vascular integrity with Adrecizumab on top of SOC is superior to placebo/ control substance (NaCl 0.9%) on top of SOC in reduction of morbidity and mortality endpoints in patients with COVID-19. The main reason for admission to ICU and need for mechanical ventilation of these patients is acute lung injury within a broad pneumonic spectrum, increased ventricular filling pressures and resulting congestion. It is hypothesized, that Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a key player in the (dys)-regulation of vascular integrity (Figure 2). Adrecizumab is the first-in-class humanized monoclonal anti-Adrenomedullin antibody, and acts as a long-lasting plasma Adrenomedullin enhancer stabilizing barrier function at a reasonable safety profile. The mode of action for the anti-Adrenomedullin antibody Adrecizumab has been developed on the basis of published data, own experimental data and theoretical considerations.

The study is being conducted to evaluate the efficacy, and safety of camrelizumab combined with famitinib malate vs. pembrolizumab in treatment naïve subjects with programmed death-ligand 1(PD-L1)-positive recurrent or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The implementation of this project will improve the effectiveness of surgical treatment and reduce the level of complications and mortality among patients with heart failure and heart failure in the terminal stage. The goal of the study. Improvement of organ-substituting technologies in the treatment of heart and respiratory failure. Objectives of the study. Objective 1. To study the restoration of organ function during implantation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), as an organ replacement, in cardiac and / or respiratory failure. Objective 2. To study the results of applying organ-substituting technologies in the treatment of sepsis.

Most children with asthma have concurrent atopy (allergic inflammation), which is associated with an improved response to ICS. However, the absence of an atopic phenotype is associated with a poorer ICS response, leaving clinicians with limited treatment options. The nonatopic asthma phenotype has been characterized as the absence of atopic diseases including allergic rhinitis, eczema, or food allergies, and a negative skin prick test to common aeroallergens. Children with mild asthma treated with ICS over 44 weeks without a positive allergen skin test are 3 times more likely to have an asthma exacerbation when compared with children with positive skin tests. Similarly, adolescents and adults with asthma with low blood eosinophils or low sputum eosinophils have no difference in exacerbation rate response to ICS compared with placebo. Due to poor ICS response in nonatopic children and the known adverse effects of ICS, the development of non-steroid treatments options is needed. Monotherapy with the long-acting muscarinic antagonist, tiotropium, was superior to placebo for treatment failure outcomes in adolescents and adults with low sputum eosinophil levels. Tiotropium is approved in children as an add on therapy to ICS in children ≥ 6 years with asthma. But, this combination of treatment would still expose children with nonatopic asthma to the risks (but potentially without the benefit) of ICS therapy. The objective of this study is to conduct a feasibility pilot safety study of 6-weeks treatment with tiotropium monotherapy vs. ICS in children ages 6 to 11 years old with nonatopic mild persistent asthma.

The purpose of the study is to explore adding the study drug certolizumab to standard chemotherapy as it may reduce the inflammation caused by the cancer and make the chemotherapy more effective in shrinking the cancer. This study will examine whether adding certolizumab to the usual treatment approach is better than, the same as, or worse than the usual approach alone.