Active clinical trials for "Asthma"

The purpose of the EVITA trial is to compare the effects of vitamin D therapy with placebo on reducing the dose of inhaled or oral corticosteroids in patients with severe asthma and vitamin D insufficiency.

The purpose of the MEMORY trial is to compare the effects of mepolizumab with Placebo on airway physiology in patients with eosinophilic asthma

In this integrated, multi-part, Phase I study, the safety, tolerability, food effect, pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) properties of single and repeated doses of AZD9898 will be investigated.

Depression and other unhealthy behaviors, such as not taking medication as prescribed and not attending doctor visits have been suggested to increase the worsening of allergic diseases (e.g. asthma, urticaria). We intend to determine whether a one-session behavioral intervention is effective in helping with depression and controlling disease symptoms. We will measure this using pre- and post-intervention surveys.

To determine whether addition of ipratropium bromide to salbutamol nebulisations produces significantly greater bronchodilation in young children presenting to an emergency department with an acute attack of asthma

Introduction: Late-onset asthma in women is characterized by poor disease control and reduced quality of life despite intensive treatment with inhaled steroid and beta2-agonist. The condition is further worsened at menopause due to the loss of estrogen leading to increased asthma exacerbation frequency, increased airway inflammation and decreased lung function. Exercise training may increase disease control of asthma patients, but to what extent the same effect is seen in postmenopausal women with late-onset asthma is unknown. These asthma patients represent a phenotype that is characterized by low eosinophilic airway inflammation, severe symptoms, moderate obesity and poor response to conventional medicine. Thus, our hypothesis is that regular physical exercise is especially associated with an improvement in asthma control in this phenotype. The aim of this project is to test this hypothesis and to assess whether an improvement is associated with reduced local and systemic inflammation, change in heart function, lung function and/or body composition. Study design: 40 postmenopausal women with late-onset asthma are recruited via the outpatient clinic at the Respiratory Department at Bispebjerg Hospital and through advertisement. The participants are randomized 1:1 into two groups. One group performs supervised exercise training (spinning) three times per week for 12 weeks while the other group is a control group. Before and after the intervention asthma control, local and systemic inflammation, heart function and body composition is measured. Results: Analysis will be performed to detect changes within and between the groups before and after intervention. Primary outcome is change in ACQ (Asthma Control Questionnaire). Local and systemic inflammation is measured by changes in bronchial challenge to methacholine, sputum cell count and blood tests. Furthermore, secondary outcomes include change in heart function measured by stress-echocardiography and change in body composition measured by Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Conclusion: There are to date no prospective studies that can support recommendations containing asthma rehabilitation with supervised regular physical activity for postmenopausal women. Thus, this study will provide novel understanding of the importance of physical activity in a chronic disease such as asthma.

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of multiple CSJ117 doses (0.5; 1; 2; 4 and 8 mg) inhaled once daily compared with placebo, when added to standard-of-care (SoC) asthma therapy in adult patients with uncontrolled asthma with respect to change from baseline in FEV1 at the end of 12 weeks of treatment.

The main aim of this study is to investigate the change in asthma control after 6 months of therapy in patients treated with benralizumab biologic therapy for severe eosinophilic asthma under real-life conditions in a pulmonary care setting in Germany. The study also aims to investigate Quality-of-Life (QoL), the early treatment response, treatment effectiveness and the change in asthma control over time, following benralizumab therapy. This study will also describe the physician-chosen reasons for starting beralizumab therapy or switching to benralizumab therapy.

To compare the efficacy and safety profiles of Beclomethasone dipropionate Inhalation Aerosol, 40 mcg (test product) and QVAR 40 mcg (beclomethasone dipropionate HFA), Inhalation Aerosol (reference product) and to demonstrate that the efficacy of the 2 active products is superior to that of placebo in the treatment of subjects with asthma.

Most asthma is allergic in origin. The purpose of this study is to better understand the airway immune response to inhaled allergens in order to identify factors that promote asthma.