Active clinical trials for "Fibrosis"

Cystic fibrosis related diabetes (CFRD) is a major factor of morbidity and mortality at all disease stages. Insulin deficiency has serious clinical consequences by increasing malnutrition, since protein and lipid catabolism is accelerated in chronic infections. Traditionally, insulin is injected before a meal. Yet, in these patients with highly varied and often staggered nutritional intakes, insulin injection can result in an increased risk of postprandial hypoglycaemia, all the more so as CF patients exhibit decreased glucagon secretion. Recent progress in the development of new insulins mimicking the physiological secretion more closely has led to ultra-fast insulins (fast aspart), allowing for postprandial hyperglycaemia to be better controlled. In Type 1 diabetics treated with basal-bolus, faster-acting aspart insulin injected after a meal enabled metabolic control comparable to injection of aspart insulin prior to the meal. Fast apart insulin is of particular interest with regard to CFRD, wherein postprandial hyperglycaemia occurs early. In CFRD, these insulins are likewise advantageous in that they can be injected after the meal, thus permitting more flexibility in patients with highly varied diets. Moreover, the insulin dose can be adapted depending on dietary intake, thus preventing hypoglycaemia secondary to highly-varied carbohydrate intakes. Due to its flexibility, this insulin therapy is likely to be better accepted by patients with cystic fibrosis.

This is an open-label, randomized study comparing a monitored ketogenic diet intervention using standard ketogenic diet (SKD) and standard of care (SOC) dietary recommendations for 16 weeks. Subjects enrolled in the standard of care group will receive a voucher to Weight Watchers after study completion.

Study RIN-PF-301 is designed to evaluate the superiority of inhaled treprostinil against placebo for the change in absolute forced vital capacity (FVC) from baseline to Week 52.

The goal of this phase 1 study is to assess the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability following multiple oral doses of TVB-2640 in subjects with mild, moderate, or severe hepatic impairment compared to healthy subjects with normal hepatic function.

This study will provide important mechanistic information regarding the effect of inhaled mannitol (Bronchitol) in people with cystic fibrosis (PwCF) with moderate to severe disease who are already using elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (E/T/I). Many patients have already discontinued hypertonic saline and other pulmonary therapies because of the profound effect of E/T/I of their symptoms and lung function. Further, because both inhaled osmotic agents (i.e., Bronchitol, hypertonic saline [HS]) and E/T/I are believed to exert their beneficial effects through improvements in mucociliary clearance (MCC), it is unknown if the combination of these therapies might be additive or are redundant in a population with moderate to severe disease where bronchiectasis and chronic infection persists, and where eventual decline in lung function is expected over time. This study, therefore, will be the first to determine whether "add on" therapy with inhaled mannitol is able to further accelerate MCC in E/T/I patients. These data would provide some guidance regarding the use of these approved therapies in PwCF.

A randomized, double-blind, dose-ranging, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of bexotegrast (PLN-74809) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (BEACON-IPF).

Decompensated liver cirrhosis (LC), a life-threatening complication of chronic liver disease, is one of the major indications for liver transplantation. Recently, mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transfusion has been shown to lead to the regression of liver fibrosis in mice and humans. However, little is known about MSC-exosome therapy. We will evaluate the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem Cell-Exosomes as an alternative to cell therapy in Cirrhotic patients. This study examined the safety and efficacy of umbilical cord-derived MSC-exosomes in patients with decompensated LC.

Objective propose: to investigate the effect of Ramipril in suppressing ST2 (suppression of tumorigenicity 2) in the cardiac mitral valve in patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease. We hypothesized that we hypothesized that ramipril will improve rheumatic mitral valve fibrosis through the downregulation of ST2.

The main objective of the study is to evaluate the short-term effects of the airway clearance technique by the medical device Simeox (Physio Assist, France) versus Autogenic Drainage, on the pulmonary function of adult patients with stable cystic fibrosis. To analyse these effects, the investigators used forced oscillation technique measured by TremoFlo™ C-100 Airwave Oscillometry System™ (THORASYS Thoracic Medical Systems Inc. Montreal, Quebec, Canada) with an evaluation of the perceived clinical benefits.

The aim of the investigators study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of autologous ADSCs for the clinical treatment of liver cirrhosis.