Sequential Therapy With WLL/Inhaling GM-CSF for Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, Treatment
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis focused on measuring pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, whole lung lavage
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Comfirmed diagnosis of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Disease severity score (DSS) is 4-5
Exclusion Criteria:
- The acute respiratory infection
- Heart failure (such as cardiogenic pulmonary edema)
- The serious liver and kidney dysfunction (creatinine or ALT were equal to or more than 2 times of the upper limit of normal range);
- Pregnancy;
- The patients with hereditary and secondary factors (inhalation of dust, hematological diseases, autoimmune diseases, etc.);
- DSS is 1-3;
- The patient is allergic to the drugs that be used in our research;
- The patients with poor compliance, or suffering from mental illness;
- The patients have not signed informed consent;
- They were treated with whole lung lavage or regular GM-CSF therapy (treatment for more than 2 weeks) within 3 months before the enrollment.
Sites / Locations
- China Japan Friendship HispitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
GM-CSF
After the patients were randomly divided into two groups, they will receive whole lung lavage (WLL), and then one of the two groups with continue the next step as follows: Induction period: The time of beginning is 1 week after whole lung lavage, aerosolized GM-CSF was given for 7 days (150ug bid), and then the durg was stopped for 7 days, the 2 weeks was designed as a cycle, a total of 6 cycles (3 months) were known as the induction period. Maintenance period: maintenance period came up after the induction period. The dose of aerosolized GM-CSF was reduced to 150ug/d for three times a week, and then the durg was stopped for 7 days, the 2 weeks was designed as a cycle and maintenance period lasted for 9 months.