Active clinical trials for "Lung Diseases, Obstructive"

This study will be the first administration of CCI15106 capsules for inhalation to humans. The primary objective of the study is to investigate the safety and tolerability of single and repeat escalating doses of CCI15106 in healthy subjects and patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The intention of this study is to provide sufficient confidence in the safety of the molecule delivered by inhalation to inform progression to further repeat dose and proof of concept studies. This will be a three-part study. Part 1 will investigate single ascending doses and Part 2 repeat ascending doses in healthy subjects. In Part 3, a single dose will be administered to patients with moderate COPD. There will be screening period of up to 30 days. The treatment period will be 3 days for Parts 1 and 3 and 16 days for Part 2. Follow-up will be performed within 30 days after the last dose.

The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of inhaled treprostinil compared to placebo in improving exercise ability as measured by change from baseline in 6-Minute Walk Distance (6MWD) following 12 weeks of active treatment in participants with PH-COPD.

The morbidity rate of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is increasing year by year. It is predicted to be the third leading cause of death worldwide in 2030. People with COPD have a high risk of needing a ventilator due to the decline of lung function, the increase of secretions, the dysfunction of airway clearance, and the obstruction and loss of alveolar elasticity.

The aim of the present study is to investigate whether additional titration on surface electromyography (EMG) of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles improves the outcome of chronic non-invasive ventilation in patients with COPD and stable chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure in terms of better gas exchange after six weeks, lung function, patient comfort and compliance, and less patient ventilator asynchrony. Therefore, the investigators set up a randomized, two-armed crossover trial comparing regular titration with additional respiratory EMG titration of NIV.

The purpose of this study is to conduct a pilot study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of weekly administration of Alpha1-Proteinase Inhibitor (A1PI) augmentation therapy in subjects with A1PI deficiency and emphysema/ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

This trial hopes to demonstrate the effect of 4 weeks of outpatient exercise rehabilitation on COPD patients. In particular the effect on: the amount of daily physical activity Quality of life The 6-minute walk distance Time to exacerbation and compare it to the effect of 4 weeks of outpatients rehabilitation with Noninvasive Ventilation as an adjunct therapy.

This study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients will investigate the bronchodilatory effect of AZD8683. AZD8683 will be tested versus placebo and an active comparator.

This project (funded by the IWT-TBM program) will organize a randomized placebo-controlled multicenter intervention trial in 500 COPD patients to study the effectiveness and safety of azithromycin therapy in the acute setting of COPD exacerbations requiring hospital admission. Although long-term use of azithromycin is proven effective to prevent exacerbations, inherent risks outweigh the benefits. By reducing the dose and duration of the azithromycin treatment and by restricting the treatment to acute periods with highest risk for treatment failure, benefits may counterbalance potential side effects, which may result in a new treatment strategy for these acute events. The present study is designed by the services of respiratory medicine of the Leuven and Ghent University hospitals but will run in total in 17 different large hospitals in Belgium, of which 12 are located in Flanders.

The investigators' hypothesis is that pretreating patients with COPD with inhaled treprostinil prior to pulmonary rehabilitation sessions will result in improved exercise tolerance during sessions. This in turn will lead to an increased response to pulmonary rehabilitation, resulting in improved exercise tolerance and quality of life.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of preventing hyperglycaemia in patients admitted to hospital with acute exacerbations of chronic pulmonary disease.