Active clinical trials for "Lung Diseases"

The purpose of this project is to investigate whether a 12-week, fulltime pulmonary rehabilitation program can enhance cognitive functioning, mood, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

During the previous phases of the project (Phase I and II), two new field tests have been designed and validated for an integration in a primary care setting in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). These new field tests are 3-min paced-walk test (3MPWT) and 3-min paced step test (3MPST). If the validity and sensitivity of the TM3 could be highlighted, particularly by the reduction of dyspnea level following bronchodilatation, Phase II highlight that the 3MPST does not allow to detect this decrease of dyspnea after bronchodilatation. The use of too high step rates could explain these results through a hypothesis relative to neuromechanical coupling of dyspnea. The main objective of this trial is to follow the investigations on the sensitivity of 3MPST to detect the effects of pharmacological intervention on the exertional dyspnea in COPD patient. The hypothesis of this work is that the use of lower step rates cadences could allow to detect an improvement of exertional dyspnea following treatment-induced bronchodilatation, contrary to higher step rates.

The purpose of this study is to investigate how inspiratory flow pattern influences CO2 elimination in people without primary lung disease. The hypothesis is that a long mean distribution time, caused by a long postinspiratory pause and high end-inspiratory flow, will promote CO2 exchange in the alveoli.

The objective of the study is to observe the effect of adherence to once-daily administered long-acting bronchodilators (long-acting ß2-agonists [LABAs] / long-acting muscarinic antagonists [LAMAs]) on patients health related quality of life (HR-QoL) and to assess the relation between symptoms improvement and adherence to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) maintenance therapy

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a respiratory disease starting point characterized by multiple systemic effects as cognitive dysfunction. This one seems to have an impact in activity daily living, considered mainly as a cognitive-motor dual task situations. Yet to date, no study has specifically focused in the cognitive-motor performance in patients with COPD or on the effects during a rehabilitation program. The main objective of this work was to evaluate the impact of cognitive dysfunction in COPD, comparing performance between COPD patients and healthy subjects in a single and dual task cognitive-motor situation. The secondary objective was to assess the impact of a rehabilitation program on these performances.

Study to assess the long-term safety and effectiveness of Spiolto in Japanese patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in real-world setting

Study to obtain further information on the tolerability and efficacy of Atrovent® inhalets in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease under conditions of daily practice

Evaluation of diagnostic yield, feasibility and safety of transbronchial lung cryobiopsies done via bronchoscopy in the investigation of interstitial lung disease in comparison with videothoracoscopy-assisted surgical lung biopsy.

To obtain further information on the prescribing pattern and therapeutic long term value in patients suffering from moderate or severs Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease under conditions of daily practice

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)-patients (caused by smoking-level) and Alpha-1-Antitrypsin-deficiency patients showed different developments during rehabilitation in regard to improvement of 6-minute-walking distance. The aim of this study is to investigate differences between training adaptations in COPD-patients and Alpha-1-deficiency patients. Both groups take part in a standardized multimodal 3-week-rehabilitation with strength and endurance training. In addition to conventional diagnostic procedures, muscle biopsies from the M. vastus lateralis will be conducted before and after rehabilitation program followed by biochemical, histochemical and immunohistochemical analysis of the probes.