Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Tract Diseases"

The composition of the intestinal microbiota, the level of lipopolysaccharides, TMAO in the blood, and other parameters of patients with COPD (n=50), asthma (n=50) and the control (n=40) will be assessed as factors associated with exacerbations and respiratory symptoms in the prospective study (12 months).

Few data are available on the management of critically ill pregnant women with pneumonia related to SARS-CoV-2. In the absence of clear recommendations for the management of delivery, clinicians are faced with the risk of pregnancy continuation against the risk of premature birth. In these multicenter retrospective study, the investigators want to describe clinicians attitude on delivery management in pregnant women requiring invasive mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome related to SARS-CoV-2. Two strategies will be compared on maternal, obstetric and neonatal outcomes: Wait strategy defined by no extraction within 24 hours of invasive venting Early strategy defined by extraction within 24 hours of invasive ventin

This observational study aim to characterise patients admitted to hospital with an acute respiratory condition, or acute worsening of their chronic lung condition. This will enable identification of predictors of future risk, as well as develop potential interventions targets.

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV, delivered via a mask or cannulas) permits to reduce the need for tracheal intubation in infants who needs a ventilatory support. NIV can be delivered with nasal CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) or NIPPV (nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation). The synchronization of the respiratory support according to the patient's demand is very difficult to obtain in infants with the conventional ventilatory modes. In all these ventilatory modes, the end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is fixed and set by the clinician. However, since infants are prone to alveolar collapse and must compensate for a non-compliant chest wall, an active and ongoing management of PEEP is very important to prevent the lung de-recruitment. A new respiratory support system (NeuroPAP) has been developed to address these issues of synchronization and control of PEEP. This new system uses diaphragmatic tonic activity (Edi) that reflects the patient's efforts to increase lung recruitment and therefore it continuously controls the delivery of assist continuously both during inspiration (like NAVA) and during expiration, allowing a unique neural control of PEEP. A new device, the NeuroBOX, permits to deliver NIV with NeuroPAP, CPAP, or NIPPV, and also to serve as a cardio-respiratory monitor, tracking and displaying cardiac and respiratory signals, trends, and cardio-vascular events. The two main objectives of this study are: 1- To evaluate the clinical impact of NeuroPAP in infants with high tonic Edi; 2- To characterize the cardio-respiratory pattern and its relationship with cerebral perfusion of infants with noninvasive support, using the monitoring capacity of the NeuroBOX. The investigators expect that NeuroPAP will permit to improve the efficiency of NIV in infants, through the better synchronization and the personalization of the expiratory pressure level in response to the patient needs. This study will be conducted in two subgroups of patients at high risk of elevated tonic Edi and of cardio-respiratory events: a subgroup of premature infants and a subgroup of infants with bronchiolitis.

The aim of this study is to determine whether antibiotic treatment could reduce mechanical ventilation duration in patients with nosocomial tracheobronchitis acquired under mechanical ventilation.

This is a phase 3, multicenter, randomized, rater- and patient-blind, placebo- and active-controlled, 3-arm parallel group clinical trial. Patients will be randomized to N-acetylcysteine (NAC) or ambroxol or placebo in a 1:1:1 ratio. A total of approximately 333 patients in China will be randomized. The total study duration will be approximately 8 months including the enrolment period of approximately 7 months and the patient participation duration of 1 month or 4 weeks. Each patient will undergo a screening period of up to 1 week, a 1-week treatment period and a 2-week follow-up period. This study will be conducted in approximately 15-25 sites in China.

The present study is a prospective, single cohort study involving patients on narcotic medications, undergoing overnight sleep studies in the clinical sleep laboratory. The main hypothesis for the study is that the the frequency of sleep respiratory events (including central apneas) identified by a home sleep apnea test (HSAT) device (WatchPAT200U (wp200U) with centrals; Itamar Medical Ltd.) will significantly correlate with in-lab polysomnography (gold standard).

To demonstrate the additional benefit of roflumilast when added on to fixed-dose combination (FDC) LABA/ICS in the reduction of exacerbations in subjects with severe to very severe COPD.

This study seeks to subjectively evaluate whether a single application of Vicks® VapoRub® (VVR) ointment or a control ointment (petrolatum) will be superior to no treatment for control of nocturnal cough and congestion due to upper respiratory tract infection (URI) as rated by both parents and children.

Using an adult lung bench model of non invasive ventilation, the aim of the study is to compare an experimental system of breath-synchronized vibrating mesh nebulizer to a conventional vibrating mesh nebulizer during non invasive ventilation in terms of inhaled and lost doses.