Active clinical trials for "Lung Diseases, Obstructive"

The purpose of the clinical study is to compare the effect of hypnosis intervention on the emotional dimension of the dyspnea during a pulmonary rehabilitation program to the pulmonary rehabilitation program alone. This study will determine if the hypnosis intervention will lead to better maintenance of benefits obtained than the original described method.

This study will determine the functional status of the nasal immune environment with LAIV exposure in COPD persons with frequent exacerbations (defined as individuals with two or more episodes of worsening in COPD symptoms requiring treatment with antibiotics and/or steroids in the prior 12 months) and COPD persons without frequent exacerbations to determine acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)-associated dysfunction in a) cytokines and immune effector cells of the nasal mucosa and b) viral replication. The investigators hypothesize that: 1) COPD frequent exacerbators, compared to COPD infrequent exacerbators, will demonstrate altered mucosal immune responses to LAIV exposure, and 2) COPD frequent exacerbators, compared to COPD infrequent exacerbators, will demonstrate increased markers of influenza viral replication after LAIV exposure.

72 patients with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were planned to be enrolled in this study and then treated with olodaterol combined with thiotropium bromide, and thiotropium bromide, respectively, for 52 weeks. To assess the effect of the test drug on small airway remodeling in patients.

The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a communication intervention about sexuality on quality of life and other outcomes like physical activity, exercise capacity and health status in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the health coaching approach applied to patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on the perceived social support of the patients. Research Hypotheses: H0: Health coaching approach has no effect on perceived social support in patients with COPD. H1: Health coaching approach has an effect on perceived social support in patients with COPD.

A clinical trial to investigate the pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of CHF6001 after single administrations in participants with mild, moderate and severe liver impairment with matched healthy adult volunteers

The study is conducted in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in general, and more specifically in the context of the evaluation of the use of protective masks as a barrier to the spread of the virus. The wearing of masks is one of the recommended barrier measures to limit the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19. It is recommended in all circumstances, and mandatory in some. Regardless of the type of mask used (noting that the so-called "surgical" masks are by far the most common), there are various disadvantages associated with wearing them. Dyspnoea (unpleasant or upsetting perception of respiratory activity) is one of these disadvantages. It can lead to reluctance to wear the mask, or to the adoption of inappropriate practices that reduce its effectiveness. This "side effect" of the mask is more pronounced in patients with underlying respiratory diseases. However, not all mask designs are equivalent in terms of their physical properties, which can theoretically generate varying levels of dyspnoea. It is therefore important to determine which mask designs are more or less dyspnogenic, in order to guide the preferential use of certain designs in certain patient categories. The TOLMASK study (Tolerance of SARS-CoV2 Surgical Masks in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases) is a prospective, randomised, triple-blind, single-centre study comparing several surgical masks in a crossover design. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the respiratory tolerance of different surgical masks and the secondary objective is to evaluate their general tolerance.

Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) is associated with diverse health effects in nonsmokers. Flight attendants (FA) who worked on commercial aircraft before the ban on tobacco smoking (exposed FAs) had high, long-term levels of occupational exposure to SHS and are a unique population for the study of long-term health effects of chronic exposure to SHS. In previous studies, we have shown that many never-smoking SHS-exposed FAs to have curvilinear flow-volume loops, decreased airflow at mid- and low-lung volumes, and static air trapping (elevated residual volume to total lung capacity ratio [RV/TLC]), abnormalities that are not diagnostic of overt Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), but do implicate the presence of an obstructive ventilatory defect, and are consistent with what has been recently described as preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm). The main objective of the study is to determine the effect of a bronchodilator to counter the physiologic abnormalities that are observed in the population of never-smoking SHS-exposed FAs as both proof of concept of the presence of an obstructive lung disease and as a possible therapeutic option to counteract the adverse respiratory effects of chronic exposure to SHS.

To evaluate the relationship between airway structure and function in patients with chronic bronchitis treated with metered cryospray (MCS).

Respiratory muscles are essential to alveolar ventilation. In COPD, these muscles work against increased mechanical loads due to airflow limitation and geometrical changes of the thorax derived from pulmonary hyperinflation. Respiratory muscle fibers show several degrees of impairment in cellular and subcellular structures which translates, from the functional point of view, to a loss of strength (capacity to generate tension) and an increased susceptibility to failure in the face of a particular load. Expiratory Muscle Training was recommended to strengthen expiratory muscles and minimize exacerbations in addition to delaying deterioration with better functional capacity. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is emerging as a new rehabilitation modality for muscle strengthening that does not evoke dyspnea to obtain a benefit in patients who are unable to participate in a traditional rehabilitation program