Active clinical trials for "Lung Diseases"

The purpose of this study is to test cough, dyspnea (shortness of breath), and quality of life (QOL) questionnaires for their accuracy, sensitivity, and ability to reliably measure the severity of cough, breathlessness, and changes in cough and disease-related quality of life over time in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) patients. These questionnaires have been used in other types of disease, but have not all been tested and validated in patients with cough due to IPF. Our hypothesis is that worsening of cough, dyspnea, and cough-related QOL questionnaire scores will correlate with physiologic markers of IPF severity and worsening of disease. Written, valid questionnaires measuring cough, dyspnea, and QOL are important to assess the benefit of investigational drugs under development to treat patients with IPF.

A multicenter, multinational, prospective study to clarify, whether the addition of cryobiopsy can avoid surgical lung biopsy in a clinically relevant proportion of patients with suspected Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia

This study aims to evaluate simple tests of physical function in hospitalised patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to assess whether they can predict future hospital readmission. The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a simple test of standing balance, usual walking speed (4-metre gait speed) and ability to stand from a chair, which reflects global physical functioning and frailty. We hypothesise that the SPPB or 4-metre gait speed can predict future hospital readmissions.

This is a Post-hoc analysis based on the database of "A non-interventional, retrospective study on AECOPD treatment status in China". A large nation-wide retrospective non-interventional study has carried out from January to September 2014 in China. The study aimed to observe clinical practice including glucocorticoids treatment in AECOPD in China. The data for 5067 cases were collected. These cases met the following inclusion criteria: more than 40 years old, diagnosed by GOLD 2013 (GOLD: The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) as COPD at least 3 months before AECOPD based on treating physician's judgment; the patients received hospitalization due to AECOPD since Sep 2013. Demographic information, administration of corticosteroids, medical and surgical history, comorbidities, clinical outcome, laboratory tests and lung function tests were recorded in database. There were 43 sites in the main study. These sites located in 22 provinces in China. A majority of sites (40 sites) were tier 3 hospitals in major cities. The data in study was provided by each site via medical records. In 5091 screening cases, 5067 cases were recruited and included in full analysis set (FAS). All cases in FAS will be included into this post-hoc analysis. Through data mining and analysis, it is to explore the relationship between corticosteroids based treatment regimen and clinical outcome and the optimal treatment regimen for corticosteroids used in inpatients with COPD exacerbations based on our database.

Medication non-adherence is an economic problem and a major public health challenge. Factors influencing medication adherence can be modelled according to five dimensions: disease, medication, patient and its close relatives, demographic and socioeconomic factors and health care system. A tool is needed to qualify medication adherence in order to adapt tailored support for individual patients to promote and optimize adherence to therapy. The objective of this work is to present the preliminary results of QUILAM project which is divided into 3 phases: 1. Development of a tool to assess barriers to medication adherence in chronic patient (COPD, Heart failure, Type 2 diabetes) ; 2. Validation of the instrument (especially against clinical criteria) ; 3. Evaluation of the sensitivity of the tool during educational interventions.

Airway disease, featuring intense inflammation, is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF). Mechanisms of CF airway inflammation remain unclear, hampering development of better treatments.This time-sensitive ancillary study leverages a unique longitudinal cohort of CF infants, assessing the early phase of airway disease. Through the use of innovative cell and fluid based tools for in vivo profiling and in vitro testing of BALF samples, this translational effort will yield unprecedented insights into mechanisms of PMN dysfunction in CF, and assess new paths for early intervention.

In patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) with inconsistent clinical and radiological features, establishing a reliable diagnosis of ILD requires a surgical lung biopsy Transbronchial cryobiopsy is a minimally invasive, rapid, safe technique, and with histologic diagnostic yields, for ILD, typically exceeding 70 -80% . The aim of this study is to compare and analyze the diagnostic yield, for ILD, and complications following SLB and TC Methods. The investigators designed a descriptive, comparative and cross-sectional study in patients with ILD, in which SLB and CT will be performed in the same surgical stage, as diagnostic tests. This study will be conducted from January 2018 to January 2019. Surgical lung biopsy and TC will be performed in the same surgical stage in all patients, under general anesthesia and mechanical ventilation. First TC will be performed by a pulmonologist, sequentially a thoracic surgeon will carry out a SLB. The samples obtained will be analyzed by different pathologist to compare both techniques in terms of histologic features. Diagnostic yield, postoperative complications, comorbidities and lenght of stay will be analyzed and compared following these procedures.

Open-label observational study which includes COPD patients that are receiving treatment with Spiolto® Respimat® for approximately 6 weeks, which is the average time between two medical consultations.

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is an important diagnostic method. The percentage of fluid extracted after instillation (recovery rate) is crucial for following diagnostic tests. The investigators aimed to compare novel quantified airway parameters from pre-interventional lung computed tomography (CT) with recovery rates to find possible predictive markers.

To identify risk factors for mortality in patients with interstitial lung disease receiving mechanical ventilation.