Active clinical trials for "Asthma"

Study Hypotheses: adolescents in intervention schools who are given Triple A program plus ASP will show more awareness in regards to cigarettee smoking health effects and less nicotine dependencethan those in the control schools who are given Triple A alone. adolescents with asthma in intervention schools who are given Triple A program plus ASP will show less asthma symptoms and better control than those in the control schools who are given Triple A alone. adolescent smokers and passive smokers will exhibit higher levels of carbon monoxide (CO) in their breath than those who are not active or passive smokers. there is a positive correlation between self-report questions regarding student smoking status and levels of CO in their breath

This study will explore the utility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess ventilatory defects that occur due to asthma, determine the sensitivity and specificity of MRI in response to drug treatment, and whether MRI can serve as a biomarker of treatment effects due to asthma therapy.

This study of vitamin D is designed to assess both the safety and efficacy of potential doses (2,000 IU/day and 4,000 IU/day) in raising a vitamin D level to a normal range in a short period of time (e.g. 4 weeks or less) compared to 200 IU/day. In children with vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency who are at risk for severe asthma exacerbations, we hypothesize that both vitamin D supplementation with 4,000 IU/day and 2,000 IU/day will safely achieve normal vitamin D levels, but that the higher dose (4,000 IU/day) will result in a larger proportion of subjects achieving this level at 4 and 8 weeks.

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to characterize the dose response of GSK573719 in combination with Fluticasone furoate 100mcg in patients with asthma. Treatment with inhaled Fluticasone furoate and Fluticasone furoate/Vilanterol are included as an active control. Detailed Description: Long acting muscarinic receptor antagonists (anti-cholinergic bronhcodilator) exert their effects via distinct and complementary bronchodilator mechanisms on large and small airways. Most of the experience with older anti-cholinergics had been with acute use and little is known about their effect in chronic use in asthma. This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, crossover study to evaluate 5 doses of inhaled GSK573719 inhaled over 14 days in patients with asthma. Fluticasone furoate (100 mcg) and Fluticasone furoate/Vilanterol (100/59mcg) will be included as an active comparator. Each eligible subject will receive a sequence of 3 of 7 potential treatments for a total of 3 treatment periods per subject. The total duration of subject participation is approximately 14 weeks.

Research Title: Evaluation of airway reactivity, allergy and inflammatory mediators in exhaled breath condensate in vitamin D resistant rickets. Aim: To assess the effect of absence of vitamin D receptors on airway reactivity, allergy and inflammatory mediators in exhaled breath condensate in a prospective study evaluating patients with vitamin D resistant rickets and in healthy controls. Sample size: 40 participants in the two groups. Primary end point: Airway reactivity as assessed by methacholine challenge test. Secondary outcome parameters: All other parameters are the secondary end points.

Exposure to household allergens is a major contributor to asthma symptoms. Aggressive measures to reduce household allergens has the potential to reduce asthma symptoms and the need for medications to control asthma. The investigators plan to enroll patients aged 6 and above into a single blind, randomized study comparing intensive environmental intervention with usual asthma care over a 48 week study period. All subjects will have asthma treatment optimized according to guideline based care. Subjects will be randomized to an aggressive environmental remediation arm versus distribution of written materials regarding allergen reduction ("usual care"). Primary outcome measure will be ability to reduce asthma step therapy. Secondary outcomes include measures of lung function, asthma biomarkers and quality of life.

The study will assess efficacy, safety and tolerability of NVA237 compared to placebo in patients with poorly controlled asthma over 52 weeks of treatment.

The purpose of this study is to estimate the impact of a curriculum intervention on asthma knowledge in adolescents of a public school in Salvador-Bahia-Brazil.

Background: It seems that in the infants and the young children, the increase of the Exhaled Nitric Oxide (eNO) is in connection with: (1) the risk of developing respiratory symptoms; (2) the risk of family and personal atopy; (3) the intensity of the respiratory symptoms; (4) the risk of passage of recurrent wheezing to asthma; (5) and contrary to the fact that the investigators noticed at the child's a positive relation with the environmental tobacco smoke Objective: the investigators objective is to bring to light that the rise of the eNO, a non invasive biomarker of the bronchial inflammation, would be a risk factor expected from passage of recurrent wheezing of the infant and the young child (of less than 36 months old) towards the asthma of the child.Methods: Once the diagnosis of recurrent wheezing established, the investigators estimate by questionnaire the severity of the asthma, the personal and familial atopy, the collection of the environmental data. After allergic exploration (skin tests and assay of serum total and specific IgE, complete blood count), the eNO is measured by an off-line tidal breathing method using a chemiluminescence NO analyzer. Annually, a questionnaire will be send to families to appreciate the persistence or the remission of the asthma. After a simple descriptive analysis of the population and a multifactorial descriptive analysis, the investigators shall look for the connections between the rise of the eNO and the various clinical, biological and environmental parameters known to influence the variations of this marker. Then the investigators shall select a set of explanatory variables for a multivariate analysis by a logistic regression step by step.

This is a randomized, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the efficacy of pleconaril nasal spray in preventing asthma exacerbation and common cold symptoms in asthmatic participants exposed to picornavirus respiratory infections. Participants will be assigned treatment with pleconaril or placebo nasal spray for 7 days (14 doses). Participants will be followed for an additional 14 days.