Active clinical trials for "Asthma"

This is a randomized, multicenter, double blind, parallel-group study evaluating the efficacy of mometasone furoate/formoterol fumarate (MF/F) metered dose inhaler (MDI) 400/10 mcg twice daily (BID) compared with MF MDI 400 mcg BID for 12 weeks. Prior to the 12-week double-blind treatment period, subjects will receive open-label MF MDI 400 mcg BID for 2 to 3 weeks during the run-in period. Efficacy will be measured by the area under the curve from 0 to 12 hours [AUC](0-12 hr) of the change from Baseline to the Week 12 Endpoint in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1).

The purpose of this study is to assess whether smaller volumes of oral dexamethasone result in better tolerability, specifically less vomiting, in pediatric patients during an acute asthma exacerbation.

Current asthma medicines include inhalers. A common inhaler used in asthma is called a beta-agonist (for example salbutamol). They improve asthma symptoms by stimulating areas in the human airway resulting in widening of the human airway. Although these drugs are useful after the first dose, longterm use can cause worsening asthma symptoms. Beta-blockers are the complete opposite type of medication. Just now they are avoided in patients with asthma as after the first dose they can cause airway narrowing and cause an asthma attack. New research has suggested that long term use of beta-blockers can reduce airway inflammation which can improve asthma control and improve symptoms. This research was done in asthmatic patients who didn't need inhaled steroids to control their asthma. What the investigators want to do is see if the same benefit of beta-blocker use is asthma can be seen in people who take inhaled steroids.

Several studies have demonstrated the efficacy of asthma treatment but despite being correctly diagnosed, conveniently prescribed and adherent to the therapeutics, 5% to 10% of asthmatics do not reach disease control. The aim of this study is to measure asthma control, evaluate inflammatory and functional characteristics, describe comorbidities and aggravating factors and phenotypes derived from the characteristics of a severe asthmatic population followed at an outpatient university service in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

The purpose of this study is to verify that nebulization with bronchodilators associated with heliox gas (helium + oxygen) and the posture of a leaning forward truck is effective in patients with an asthma attack.

This study is designed to investigate the safety and tolerability of multiple doses of QAX576 in controlled or partially controlled asthma patients.

The purpose of this study was to determine the lung function response after increasing doses of albuterol (a bronchodilator) in children and adults with asthma.

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a group of 24 zinc containing enzymes in man. These enzymes were originally described as cleaving extracellular matrix (ECM) substrates with a predominant role in ECM homeostasis, but it is now clear that they have much wider functionality. An imbalance between MMP activity and that of their inhibitors (tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases, TIMPs) is considered to play a critical role in the synthesis or degradation of the extracellular matrix of the airway architecture which results in fixed airflow obstruction in both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Using quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) the investigators have identified a difference between the level of steady state mRNA for MMP-9, MMP-14 and MMP-2 in 2 patients with asthma compared to 4 healthy controls using our method. However the investigators require further refinement of the process in order to optimise RNA quality and to evaluate the effect of montelukast across the entire family of MMPs and their inhibitors (TIMPs).

This is a double-blind, placebo-controlled dose-ranging study of KHK4563 to evaluate the effect of multiple-dose subcutaneous administration of KHK4563 on the annual asthma exacerbation rate in adult subjects with uncontrolled, suspected eosinophilic asthma.

The main objective is to evaluate the safety/tolerability and efficacy of YHD001 compared to singulair or placebo in patients (n=96) with partially controlled asthma. The study will conduct with 4 comparative groups orally treated with YHD001 dose level 1(t.i.d.), YHD001 dose level 2(t.i.d.), singulair 10mg(q.d.) or Placebo for 8 weeks.