Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Distress Syndrome"

This study will compare two ventilator modes in mechanically ventilated patients with acute lung injury. Acute lung injury (ALI) is a condition in which the lungs are badly injured and are not able to absorb oxygen the way healthy lungs do. About 25% of patients who are ventilated get ALI. ALI causes 75,000 deaths in the US each year. Ventilators can be set to work in different ways, called modes. One mode, called ARDSNet, pumps a small amount of air into the patient's lungs and then most of the air is released prior to the next breath. Another mode, called Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV), keeps air in the lungs longer between breaths. Both of these modes are currently used at this hospital. The investigators think APRV may help patients with ALI, but we do not know for sure.

This study will compare the administration of porcine surfactant (poractant alfa, Curosurf®) through a less invasive method (LISA) using a thin catheter, CHF 6440 (LISACATH®), during non-invasive ventilation (CPAP, NIPPV, BiPAP) with an approved conventional surfactant administration during invasive ventilation followed by rapid extubation in terms of short term and mid-term safety and efficacy in spontaneously breathing preterm neonates with clinical signs of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of the oxygen therapy delivery system Optiflow® compared to 2 others standard oxygen therapy delivery systems (Ospal®, non invasive ventilation).12 immunocompetent patients will compare the successive use of oxygen therapy delivery systems Optiflow®/Ospal® and 12 immunodeficient patients will compare the successive use of systems Optiflow®/Non invasive ventilation.

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are similar conditions in which the lungs are critically injured by another inflammatory process in the body. Together they affect more than 150,000 people per year in the United States, with mortality approaching 50% and a financial burden estimated to exceed $5 billion. Fluid overload, weight gain, and reduced oncotic pressure (low blood proteins) are associated with prolonged need for mechanical ventilation and mortality in patients with ALI/ARDS. Historical studies have provided conflicting evidence for benefits with colloid or diuretic therapy in ALI/ARDS, but recent clinical trials have demonstrated significant improvements in blood oxygen levels. The mechanisms of these benefits are not yet certain, but appear to relate to albumin's (a protein medicine) specific ability to influence injury and inflammation in the lungs, thus improving the ability for the lung to repair and exchange oxygen. The purpose of this project is to determine the effects of therapies that affect blood proteins on their ability to change the way the lungs and cardiovascular system (heart and blood vessels) function. Special measurements will be taken to understand how these protein medicines change the ability of the lung and whole body to recover from widespread injury, with additional measures of specific heart and lung function. This clinical trial randomizes ALI/ARDS patients with low blood protein levels to receive albumin (a natural blood protein that is known to influence inflammation) or hetastarch (a synthetic blood protein) with diuretic therapy targeted to improve respiratory function. Therapeutic effects on respiratory function and blood oxygen levels, extravascular lung water, oncotic pressure, lung fluid removal, and heart function will be characterized. This trial will advance our understanding of treatment of ALI/ARDS and the factors that affect fluid balance in the lungs of these patients. Funding Source - FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD)

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of three doses of HL 10 given at fixed time intervals compared to standard therapy

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of nutritional supplementation with omega-9 "olive-oil" and omega-6 "soybean oil" based lipid emulsions in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The investigators hypothesize that these specific lipids in combination will immunomodulate the inflammatory reaction that occurs in the lungs of ARDS subjects. This concept is known as "Pharmaconutrition." These lipids will be given intravenously so as to assure administration and only as a supplement to enteral nutrition which all subjects will also receive. The omega-9 will be compared to the omega-6 formulation which is the only FDA approved formulation of use in the United States since its development in 1961 by Fresenius-Kabi, Bad Homburg, Germany. The investigators plan to perform a bronchoscopy with lavage within 24 hours of enrollment, begin the lipid administration and continue it for 96 hours after which time the investigators will repeat bronchoscopy with lavage to assess changes. The lipid administration will cease following the second bronchoscopy. The fluid obtained from lavage combined with serum samples obtained at the time of bronchoscopy will be analyzed for inflammatory mediators and cell counts. Clinical data tracing will include but not be limited to: ventilator days, nutritional status, ICU time, oxygenation and lung compliance, and 30-day mortality.

This research is being done to determine if there is a way the investigators can improve the techniques that they use to assist patients with their breathing during surgery. The majority of surgeries require patients to concurrently undergo general anesthesia. This usually includes a breathing tube and a machine that breathes for the patient during the duration of the surgery. The doctors would like to investigate the effects of this type of anesthesia to healthy adult patients and whether they can improve the way they give general anesthesia to patients. The investigators plan to ask approximately 200 patients to participate. If the patients decide to participate in the study,some additions will be made to the standard anesthetic care they receive. The patients will additionally be monitored for adequate oxygenation in their blood as well as level of inflammation in their blood and lungs. The patients' breathing tube will be bathed with warm normal saline and suctioned twice during the operation. When these procedures are done the patients will be asleep and not be aware of what is happening.

This is a phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, safety and efficacy study of a recombinant chimeric monoclonal antibody against CD14 (IC14) in hospitalized patients with acute lung injury (ALI).

To examine the possible relationship between genetic factors and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Respiratory failure in term newborns is associated with increased rates of death and long-term neurodevelopmental problems. This large international multicenter trial randomized newborns who had failed to respond to intensive care, including high levels of ventilator support, to receive either inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) or 100 percent oxygen to test whether iNO would decrease their risk of dying or requiring temporary lung bypass. Infants were followed during their initial hospitalization; their outcome was assessed at 18 to 24 mos of age.