Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Tract Diseases"

The investigators aim to investigate the effects of a telemonitoring and chatbot-based application of "Living well with COPD" (CAir) on health-related quality-of-life in patients with COPD.

The purpose of this study is to determine the possible efficacy of low dose, orally administered interferon alpha in subjects with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of AZD5069 in patients with bronchiectasis.

To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety in patients with Acute Bronchitis or Secondary Infection of Chronic Respiratory Diseases receiving a dose of 2 g of azithromycin in the SR formulation.

The study is aimed to assess safety of Depelestat treatment, as well as efficacy on prevention and treatment of alveolar inflammation in early pulmonary fibrosis in patients suffering from persistent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

This study is being conducted in two parts, A and B. Part A is a randomized, double-blind, parallel arm study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of LYT-100 compared to placebo in adults with post-acute COVID-19 respiratory complications. Part B is an Open Label Extension (OLE) study for patients who complete Part A.

The overall objective of the study is to determine the therapeutic effect and tolerance of Tocilizumab combined with Dexamethasone in patients with moderate, severe pneumonia or critical pneumonia associated with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Tocilizumab (TCZ) is an anti-human IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibody that inhibits signal transduction by binding sIL-6R and mIL-6R. The study has a cohort multiple Randomized Controlled Trials (cmRCT) design. Randomization will occur prior to offering Dexamethasone alone or Dexamethasone +Tocilizumab administration to patients enrolled in the CORIMUNO-19 cohort. Tocilizumab will be administered to consenting adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 either diagnosed with moderate or severe pneumonia requiring no mechanical ventilation or critical pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation. Patients who will chose not to receive Tocilizumab will receive standard of cares. Outcomes of Tocilizumab-treated patients will be compared with outcomes of standard of care (including Dexamethasone) treated patients

This pilot study will evaluate study processes and feasibility of a future large-scale clinical trial that proposes to test whether low-risk children managed as outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and procalcitonin (PCT) levels <0.25 ng/mL treated with placebo have a similar clinical response to those treated with antibiotics and fewer adverse effects.

Ventilator hyperinflation (VHI) has been shown to be effective in improving respiratory mechanics, secretion removal, and gas exchange in mechanically ventilated patients; however, the literature is scarce concerning its safety and adverse effects. Thus, the aim of this study is to compare the hemodynamic repercussions of VHI in volume-controlled mode. In a randomized, controlled and crossover design, 24 mechanically ventilated patients will undergo 2 modes of ventilator hyperinflation (with and without an inspiratory pause) and a control intervention. Cardiac output, cardiac index, mean arterial pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance, systolic volume and other hemodynamic variables will be recorded during the interventions.

The primary objective is to determine the clinical benefit of employing the 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine among US military trainees. Secondary objectives include: determining the etiology of clinical pneumonia among U.S. military trainees; comparing the serotype distribution of S. pneumoniae (Sp) isolates recovered from vaccinated and nonvaccinated trainees diagnosed with pneumonia; and comparing days lost from training due to pneumonia or acute respiratory disease for vaccinated and nonvaccinated subjects.