Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Tract Diseases"

This is an observational study that proposes to collect clinical, physiological, cellular and molecular information in an attempt to identify a set of factors that may predict the risk for persistent lung disease in babies born prematurely.

We hypothesize that the miRNA expression in subjects with nasal polyps and Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) differs from the miRNA expressed in subjects with nasal polyps but without Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD).

In survivors of extreme prematurity to 36 weeks Post Menstrual Age (PMA), specific biologic, physiologic and clinical data obtained during the initial hospitalization will predict respiratory morbidity as defined by respiratory health care utilization and respiratory symptoms, between discharge and 1 year corrected age. This protocol describes a collaboratively developed multicenter study of very preterm infants from birth through the time of discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and up to 1 year of age, corrected for the degree of prematurity.

The objective of the study is to determine if CPAP applied within less than 15 min of life in the DR reduces the necessity of mechanical ventilation and surfactant during the first 5 days of life.

Increase in body mass index (BMI)is associated with a decrease in expiratory flows.Obesity is also associated with an increased prevalence of asthma.Consequences of obesity on respiratory function and on bronchial responsiveness are still to be documented. This study aims to evaluate, before and after surgery, the impact of a bariatric surgery (biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch)on respiratory function in patients with morbid obesity . Our hypothesis is that weight loss following bariatric surgery will induce significant improvements in pulmonary function and airway responsiveness, and, as a consequence, a reduction in respiratory symptoms,these changes being correlated with a reduction in systemic markers of inflammation. Maintenance of weight loss after one year will permit the persistence of these improvements

Evaluation of automatic titration of oxygen with a new version of FreeO2 (V4)

Aging of the population is dramatically increasing the number of hospitalized patients, with the consequent challenges of limited medical personnel and resources in hospitals. Wireless technologies that create highly connected healthcare environments are developed to help hospitals address these issues, once these technologies are perfectly integrated in the hospital environment with respect to IT infrastructure for big data storage. Such devices have proven remarkable efficiencies in monitoring patients with high patient safety, data accuracy and security, which are essential to provide high quality patient care, reduce health-related costs and optimize the management of high numbers of patients. Cough is the most common condition that results in a visit to the physician. Often coughs are benign, but sometimes can be the sign of exacerbations of a chronic respiratory disease. Exacerbations are defined in the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) document "as an acute event characterised by a worsening of the patient's respiratory symptoms that is beyond normal day-to-day variations and leads to a change in medication". It is assumed that, if coughs were remotely monitored, hospitals might be unburdened, patients would be empowered to self-manage their health, and that prevention of serious respiratory diseases might be facilitated, thus improving health outcomes. Unfortunately, remote monitoring for cough that rely on self-reporting is impractical, as patients do not record data very reliably. On the contrary, a bed sensor under the mattress connected to a medical data analysis platform might monitor patients' micro-movements at night and alert the medical staff as soon as there is a cough exacerbation.

The purpose of the study on the Prevention of Influenza and Other Wintertime Respiratory Viruses among Healthcare Professionals in Israel Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccine in Preventing Influenza Virus Infection, Missed Work, and Patient Exposure: A Prospective Cohort Study of Healthcare Personnel (to be called the Healthcare Personnel or HCP study throughout this Data Security Plan) is to investigate vaccine effectiveness and respiratory illness among healthcare personnel (HCP). This will help to better understand the factors that influence influenza vaccination choice, individual vaccine response, and whether or not the influenza vaccine helps to prevent influenza in HCP.

Objectives: While a respiratory abnormality was found in 50% of pediatric renal transplant recipients in a study conducted in Belgium and the Netherlands in 2008, the respiratory status of transplanted children in France remains unknown. The primary objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of respiratory impairment and its characteristics in children with renal transplant. The secondary objective is to study its association with some potential risk factors such as immunosuppressive therapy or humoral immunodeficiency. Methodology: This interventional study aims to recruit the 385 children currently being followed by 5 French pediatric renal transplant centers between June 2018 and November 2019. A clinical and functional respiratory assessment will be carried out during the routine annual follow-up of the transplant recipient. Children with clinical signs of concern or abnormal spirometry will be referred to a respiratory specialist. Pharmacokinetic assays of immunosuppressant therapy and the exploration of humoral function will also be performed. The prevalence and type of respiratory abnormalities will be described. Logistic regression will be used to explore the association between potential risk factors and impaired respiratory function. Expected results: This study will be the first to evaluate the respiratory status of children with renal transplants in France. The prospective, multi- centered nature of the study, in addition to the large cohort size (which represents two thirds of children with renal transplants in France) will guarantee current, reliable, and representative data for the target population. We will provide new knowledge by precisely characterizing the type of lung injury and looking for potential risk factors. If our study confirms the high prevalence of pulmonary impairment in children with renal transplants, systematic monitoring of respiratory function may be recommended to enable early diagnosis and management. The expected individual and public health benefits would be significant by limiting the appearance of long-term, irreversible sequelae (such as non-cystic-fibrosis bronchiectasis) and improving the quality of life of these patients.

Surveys administered to subjects who have recovered from COVID-19 to assess how effective their treatment was.