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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03125174
Characterization of Airway Mucus in Bronchiectasis Patients and Healthy Controls
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
In this study the investigators will investigate the mucus properties in individuals with idiopathic bronchiectasis and healthy individuals without a history of lung disease. In order to understand how mucus is abnormal in disease conditions, the investigators need to understand the mucus biochemical and biophysical properties in healthy individuals. In this study the investigators will prospectively recruit patients with bronchiectasis and healthy individuals from the community to provide airway sputum samples. In these samples the investigators will measure an array of mucus properties. This will help our understanding of the mucus-obstructive lung diseases and facilitate the development of appropriate and effective disease prevention strategies.
A key question is whether mucus is hyper-concentrated and has abnormal biophysical properties in individuals with mucus-obstructive lung disease. To answer this question, the investigators need to understand the properties of the mucus in individuals with idiopathic bronchiectasis and no history of lung disease. This study will allow us to collect airway mucus (sputum) from individuals with bronchiectasis and healthy individuals with no history of lung disease.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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North Carolina
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
- Center for Environmental Medicine Asthma and Lung Biology
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
- Marsico Research Institure at Meadowmont
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Participants who meet all the following criteria are eligible for the study:
- Written informed consent
- Bronchiectasis patients: Available CT of the chest that shows evidence of dilated airways fulfilling radiographic criteria for bronchiectasis in more than one lobe and chronic cough.
Participants who meet any of the following criteria will not be eligible for the study:
- Healthy individuals: A history of lung disease, current asthma symptoms or medication use, premature birth (<37 week gestation), a history of lung disease of infancy, or neurological or cardiovascular illness, current smoker or a history of smoking tobacco products.
- Bronchiectasis patients: Premature birth (<37 week gestation), a history of lung disease of infancy, or neurological or cardiovascular illness.
- Younger than 18 years of age
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
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control
healthy individuals with no history of lung disease
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bronchiectasis patients
individuals with a diagnoses of bronchiectasis
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Mucus concentration (% solids)
Time Frame: 6 months
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The percentage of solid content of sputum (an index of hydration) will be calculated my measuring the wet to dry weight ratio using a microbalance (mean percent solids ± standard deviation).
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6 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Biophysical properties of mucus by rheology
Time Frame: 6 months
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The rheological properties of the sputum will be assayed by macro-rheology (cone and plate) and microbead rheology.
Macro-rheology provides measures of the viscosity (median log viscosity in Pascal (range)) and elasticity (median log elasticity in Pascal (range) of the sputum.
Microbead rheology is performed by analyzing the diffusive motion of embedded 1μm tracer particles (6).
The primary outcome measure from microbead rheology will be the mean square displacement MSD(Mean squared displacement) (median MSD cm2 s-1 (range)).
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6 months
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Mucin composition by mass spectroscopy
Time Frame: 6 months
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We will use mass spectroscopy to determine the relative abundance of the two major polymeric mucin proteins, MUC5B(Mucin type 5B)and MUC5AC(Mucin type 5AC), which are responsible for the viscoelastic properties of mucus.
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6 months
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Sputum extracellular nucleotide analysis
Time Frame: 6 months
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Sputum adenosine and adenine nucleotides will be ethenoderivatized and measured by HPLC(High performance liquid chromatography) analysis (7) (median nucleotide concentration in μg/ml (range)).
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6 months
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Osmotic Pressure
Time Frame: 6 months
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The osmotic pressure of the mucus will be assessed by placing an aliquot of mucus onto an osmometer with a 10kDa (10 kilodaltons) molecular weight polyethersulfone membrane (Millipore) separating the test chamber and reference chamber filled with PBS (phosphate-buffered saline) (mean osmotic pressure in Pascal ± standard deviation).
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6 months
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Total mucin concentration
Time Frame: 6 months
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Mucins will be quantitated using sepharose CL2B(Cross-linked derivative of Sepharose 2B) UPLC(Ultra performance liquid chromatography) coupled to an Optilab interference refractometer with a filter at 680 nm and parallel flow chambers for solvent and the solution (mean mucin concentration (μg/ml) ± standard deviation) (4).
With this approach, we will ensure that the solute is at full Donnan equilibrium with the solution within the context of gel chromatography, which creates an accurate equilibration of solute and solvent.
This procedure also separates the mucins from contaminating proteins, allowing the mucins to be isolated for biochemical studies.
DNAse can be added if significant DNA is present.
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6 months
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polymeric DNA concentration
Time Frame: 6 months
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The quantification of free DNA will be performed using the DNA Quant-iT PicoGreen assay (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, OR, USA), which utilizes an ultra-sensitive fluorescent nucleic acid stain for quantitating double-stranded DNA (median log DNA concentration (μg/ml) (range)).
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6 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Study Chair: Richard Boucher, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Principal Investigator: Kathryn Ramsey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 16-3142
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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