Active clinical trials for "Lung Diseases, Interstitial"

The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and PK profile of CC-930 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients.

This is a randomized, placebo-controlled study of Trans Sodium Crocetinate (TSC) in patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), age 30-85 (inclusive). The primary objective of the study is to determine the effect of TSC on lung function as measured by diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) in patients with ILD; the secondary objectives are to determine the effect of TSC on the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), heart rate recovery (HRR), and Borg Scale in patients with ILD.

Patients often present with a significant burden of fibrosis upon diagnosis as there is interest in identifying these individuals earlier in their disease course (i.e., "subclinical disease") where targeted treatments and modification of risk factors may curb their progression to fulminant fibrosing ILD. The investigators have investigated with computed tomography (CT) methods such as interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) and high attenuation areas (HAAs) that may detect early radiological signs of interstitial lung inflammation and scarring and novel modifiable risk factors that contribute to its pathogenesis. Among adults without clinically-diagnosed pulmonary fibrosis, those with a hiatal hernia will have higher levels of pepsin in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) compared with adults without a hiatal hernia. Secondarily, examinination on whether there are differences in other reflux contents from BALF including total bile, and peripheral biomarkers related to lung injury and fibrogenesis which include matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7), vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1), and cancer antigen 125 (CA-125).

The purpose of this trial was to compare two doses of abituzumab with placebo and determine whether abituzumab was more effective, safer, would be better tolerated and could provoke better immune response than placebo in the treatment of participants with SSc-ILD who already receive constant doses of mycophenolate.

The study will assess whether patients of providers participating in Project ECHO for ILD experience reduced stress, including financial stress, based on their ability to receive timely and local care and services, The study will employ nested mixed-method design at baseline, at 6 months and at 12 months to answer the study question.

Assessment of cardiovascular disorders using echocardiography and arterial stiffness; comparative noninvasive assessment of volatile organic compound (eVOC) exhale breath patterns in patients with different chronic respiratory diseases with age and gender-matched healthy adults in order to identify a disease-specific exhaled eVOCs profiles and markers of respiratory and cardiovascular disorders.

The goal of this NIH-sponsored study is to characterize three biomarkers derived from 129Xe gas exchange MRI and to understand how they change in response to interventions.

In spite of the considerable technical difficulties, several publications confirm the potential that T1-maps and MRI to characterize pathological changes in lung tissue. However, existing literature still cannot provide a final evaluation of the presented methods. Study participants won't have any disadvantage in participating the study since all of them undergo next to the MRI-Scan also the two standard methods: CT and lung function test. In this study the value of chest MR compared to CT and LFT in the evaluation of morphological lung changes and their correlation to lung ventilation and perfusion will be evaluated.

Our study aims to investigate the benefits of an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program in a population of subjects with fibrotic interstitial lung disease. Our hypothesis is that pulmonary rehabilitation will lead to improvements in quality of life, breathlessness, exercise capacity and pulmonary function in this patient population.

Patients with fibrotic insterstitial lung disease (ILD) participating in inpatient rehabilitation or in outpatient pulmonary care will be invited to participate in this observational study. Patients will fill out questionnaire regarding quality of life and symptoms at baseline and follow-up (at the end of rehabilitation or after the second outpatient ILD consultation). Additionally, clinical data obtained in clinical routine or for the IIP registry will be used for this project. The aim is to assess changes in self-efficacy and quality of life over time and to establish a control cohort for a later feasibility study on a educational and self-management intervention (currently in planning).