Active clinical trials for "Lung Diseases, Interstitial"

We hypothesize that a peripheral blood biomarker or biological signature (gene or protein expression pattern) of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) will simplify and improve the accuracy of diagnosis of IIP and diagnose individuals at an earlier, more treatable, stage of their disease.

This study investigates the propagation of sound from a source in the chest to the chest wall. The methodology of the study will be to place a sound source at a known location in the chest and measure the acoustic response on the posterior chest wall with an acoustic sensor array. The sound source will be created by playing sound down the working channel of a bronchoscope and located anatomically using direct imaging. Subjects will be selected for the study by asking patients undergoing a bronchoscopy procedure whether they would be willing to take part in the experiment in addition to their standard procedure. Procedures will take place in the Bronchoscopy Unit at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge. The Unit runs regional speciality clinics in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, lung cancer, bronchomalacia and interstitial lung disease and has a nationally significant interventional bronchoscopy service. A subsidiary part of the study (Part A) will collect sound recordings from healthy volunteers and patients with common respiratory diseases using the same acoustic sensor array. This is to create a database of lung sounds and quantify inter-subject variability. The study will last approximately 30 months.

The Turkish Thoracic Society Usual Interstitial Pneumonia Registry (TURK-UIP) is a collaborative project to coordinate a team of investigators from various regions of Turkey. The purpose of the Registry is to collect epidemiological data on patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other causes of UIP, and to obtain information about the natural course of the disease and the treatment response.

This study evaluates serum level of Vitamin D in Interstitial Lung Diseases in patients with Interstitial Lung Diseases other than connective tissue diseases associated-Interstitial Lung Diseases and effects of its supplementation. All patients will receive the standard regimen of treatment (corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs)and will be randomly assigned to either Group 1:who will receive Vitamin D supplementation (Interventional group)or Group 2:who will not receive Vitamin D supplementation(Control group).

Impact of telemonitoring on quality of life (QoL) of patients with CTD-ILD Evaluation of health status of patients with connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD) using telemonitoring and standard care. Assessment of treatment response patterns (full remission, partial remission, progression, no response) and evaluation of clinical prognostic factors (risk factors for poor response in patients with CTD-ILD. Evaluation of cost-effectiveness of telemonitoring solutions in patients with CTD-ILD. Evaluation of telemedicine as a tool for assessing the safety of therapy

A preliminary study to evaluate a new nasal interface and portable ventilator system in comparison to standard oxygen therapy in patients with severe chronic lung disease.

The use of saturometry at home is more and more widespread in patients suffering from interstitial pulmonary diseases (IPD), the patients seeing it as reassurance and a concrete way to follow the evolution of their disease. However, there are no studies evaluating the real clinical benefit of taking saturation at home in this population. In addition, clinical experience seems rather to demonstrate an increase in the anxiety level and the number of clinically unnecessary consultations related to the use of this measure. The secondary objectives are to determine the impact of this measurement on: (1) the health care use (telephone calls, medical consultations and hospitalizations), (2) dyspnea score, (3) the anxiety and depression score (HADS score) and (4) the physical activity level. The exploratory objectives will be to determine if the measurement of saturation at home makes it possible to (1) predict the occurrence of acute exacerbations of fibrosis, (2) effectively predict the decline in respiratory function tests and (3) 1-year mortality. The investigator will also assess whether this measure makes it possible to screen patients with oxygen therapy needs at home. The investigator hypothesize that measuring oxygen saturation at home will lead to a significant deterioration in quality of life, an increase in the use of health care, a significant increase in the rate of anxiety and depression, dyspnea and a decrease in the physical activity level.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the joints, causing symmetric pain, stiffness, swelling, and limited motion and function of multiple joints, its fibro inflammatory manifestations may develop in other organs.

Chronic heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and interstitial lung disease (i.e., pulmonary fibrosis) are common serious illnesses. Despite disease-specific medical care, people with these illnesses often left with poor quality of life (i.e., burdensome symptoms, impaired function). Furthermore, while these illnesses are leading causes of hospitalization and mortality, few people with these illnesses engage in advance care planning, the process of considering and communicating healthcare values and goals. The investigators are conducting a randomized clinical trial to study a symptom management, psychosocial care and advance care planning intervention to improve quality of life. The study is important because it aims to improve quality of life and provision of care according to peoples' goals and preferences in common, burdensome illnesses. Furthermore, this study will generate information that supports the broader dissemination and implementation of the intervention and informs the development of future palliative care and team-based interventions in the VA.

This single-center, retrospective cohort study was conducted to determine whether ANCA-ILD spectrum share the same clinical manifestations and outcome with CTD feature disease spectrum.