Active clinical trials for "Asthma"

Omalizumab will be given as add-on treatment to optimized asthma therapy in patients with severe persistent asthma, who demonstrate inadequate asthma symptom control. Response to omalizumab over time will be assessed by physicians and patients evaluating the overall improvement in control of their asthma. THIS STUDY IS NOT ENROLLING PATIENTS IN THE US.

The purpose of the study is to determine if Montelukast added to other therapy, if any, will reduce the severity of asthma symptoms in children during the high incidence of respiratory viral infections that occur in children in the post Labor Day school return period.

This prospective study will evaluate the feasibility of the defined decision tree for the treatment of asthmatic young children. Children who develop episode (=3 consecutive days) of any troublesome lower respiratory symptoms are treated according to a strictly pre-defined multi-steps treatment algorithm until the age of 6 years.

The purpose of this study is to determine if 20mg BID of Rabeprazole is effective in controlling GERD in patients with concomitant bronchial asthma and to assess improvement in asthma after reflux control.

The objective of this randomized, double blind, sham-controlled study is to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the Alair System in a population of subjects with severe asthma who are still symptomatic despite being managed on conventional therapy of high doses of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting β2-agonists. The primary efficacy endpoint will be the difference between Study groups in the change in Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) score from Baseline and the average score from the 6-, 9-, and 12-month follow-up visits. All other outcome measures assessed at 12 months post-treatment. This will be a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study comparing the effects of treatment with the Alair System to conventional therapy of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and long-acting β2-agonists (LABA). A Bayesian adaptive approach to sample size selection is used with a randomization scheme of 2:1 (two Alair Group Subjects for every one Control Group Subject).

This study is as an extension study of SD-004-0765, to assess the safety profile of long-term use of budesonide inhalation suspension in Japanese young children with bronchial asthma. Children completing study SD-004-0765 continued administration of budesonide inhalation suspension as judged by the investigator; the dose is adjusted as appropriate within the range of 0.25 to 1.0 mg per day administered once or twice daily, according to the symptoms.

The primary objective of this study is to confirm the efficacy (superiority) of Symbicort® Turbuhaler® 160/4.5 µg twice daily for 8 weeks in comparison to Pulmicort® Turbuhaler® 200 µg twice daily + Theolong® tablet 200 mg twice daily.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of two home-based asthma interventions in increasing adherence to daily asthma controller medication.

The purpose is to find out if Icleen IQAir, HEPA-filter air cleaners with high capacity and pre-set speed functions, have a beneficial effect on patients with asthma and allergy to dogs. Air cleaners will be installed in the bedrooms and living rooms in the homes of children and adolescents aged 8-17 years at the study entry, with allergy to dogs, but not to house dust mites. The investigators will look upon the significance of this study, and of a previous study with a similar design and the same main parameters to find out if this trial supports the results of the first trial by the same project leader, or makes it likely that the seemingly beneficial effects of the first study occurred by chance. Main parameters: hyperventilation cold air challenge test Supportive parameters: serum ECP symptom scores The trial will be a parallel, double blind placebo controlled one.

This study hopes to determine the appropriate oral steroid dose for treating children hospitalized with asthma exacerbations. Practice guidelines from different countries recommend a wide range of doses, and the doses used in actual practice vary widely. There is no data on what is the most appropriate dose of prednisone (or equivalent) in this situation. We will be looking at the dose recommended by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines, which are published by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, as compared with a lower dose which is commonly used in practice. We hypothesize that the lower dose will be no worse than the higher dose as determined primarily by duration of hospitalization.