Status:
COMPLETED
The Leaky Lung Test
Lead Sponsor:
University of Rochester
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Syntara
Conditions:
Asthma
Allergy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
EARLY_PHASE1
Brief Summary
This is a clinical trial designed to test the hypothesis that measuring the absorption and excretion of inhaled mannitol will provide a clinically useful marker of airway epithelial permeability in as...
Detailed Description
A cohort of subjects with asthma and healthy controls will be exposed to inhaled mannitol according to FDA approved protocols for bronchoprovocation. Mannitol will be measured in the bloodstream and u...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria: Asthma The diagnosis of asthma will be based on a consistent history, physical exam, and previous physician diagnosis of asthma. Consistent historical features of asthma include episodic wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, or cough, often precipitated by known environmental triggers (e.g. respiratory viral infection, exposure to pollen, exercise, or stress). Consistent physical findings of asthma include audible expiratory wheezing and findings of associated diseases (e.g. eczema, allergic rhinitis), although the physical exam may be normal in between asthma attacks. Subjects will need to be free of asthma symptoms at time of challenge testing. Most asthmatic subjects should demonstrate bronchial reactivity during the mannitol challenge test.
- Inclusion criteria: Non-asthmatic controls Healthy control subjects will be recruited in order to define baseline values for serum and urine mannitol. Healthy control subjects will be defined by the lack of symptoms or physical findings of asthma or other allergic diseases (e.g. eczema, allergic rhinitis), and absence of any other chronic lung disease. Healthy subjects should also not demonstrate bronchial reactivity during a mannitol challenge test.
- Exclusion Criteria:
- \>5 pack year history of tobacco use or active smoking.
- Other chronic or active lung diseases (e.g. COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer)
- History of significant renal insufficiency of liver disease
- Asthma subjects with severe disease according to NAEPP guidelines (e.g. severe ongoing symptoms despite high-dose inhaled or oral glucocorticoids)
- Asthma subjects with a baseline FEV1\<65% predicted
- Asthma subjects unwilling or unable to withhold medications prior to testing
- Pregnant women.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02306473
Start Date
October 1 2015
End Date
December 1 2017
Last Update
January 4 2018
Active Locations (1)
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University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, United States, 14642