Mechanisms of Acute Asthma Exacerbations Through Molecular Analysis of Airway Secretions and Tissues (MAST-X)
A Pilot Study Determining Mechanisms of Acute Asthma Exacerbations Through Detailed Molecular Analysis of Airway Secretions and Tissues
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詳細な説明
Asthma is a common airway disease with persistent unmet needs in terms of treatment. Although many asthmatics enjoy good control of their disease by using regularly scheduled corticosteroid treatment, a significant minority do not achieve optimal control with steroids and suffer asthma exacerbations which can be severe and even fatal. Asthma pathophysiology is complex and involves multiple cell types and multiple signaling mechanisms. One approach to this complexity has been to study responses of isolated airway cells to experimental conditions which model asthmatic inflammation; another has been genetic manipulations of candidate mediators of asthma in inbred mice. These studies have yielded important insights about possible mechanisms of asthma in humans, but the relevance of these mechanisms to human disease has not always been proven, and it is possible that unsuspected mechanisms have not yet been revealed by these approaches.
In the current study, we propose to collect samples of airway secretions and blood from asthmatic subjects when their asthma is uncontrolled and they are being treated in the hospital or emergency room. Our goal will be to identify abnormal gene expression profiles and protein concentration abnormalities in these biological fluids. We will then study them again 6-10 weeks later when their asthma is controlled. This study design will allow us to compare airway and blood biomarkers of asthma exacerbation during acute asthma and recovery. "
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入学 (実際)
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California
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San Francisco、California、アメリカ、94143
- UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center
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参加基準
適格基準
就学可能な年齢
健康ボランティアの受け入れ
受講資格のある性別
サンプリング方法
調査対象母集団
説明
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female subjects aged 18 - 70 years
- Medical history of asthma
- Currently experiencing an acute exacerbation of asthma
- Ability to provide informed consent or have a surrogate provide consent.
- Ability to provide sputum.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cigarette smoking: Subjects must be non-smokers. Non-smokers are defined as subjects who have never smoked or who have not smoked for 1 year and have a total pack-year smoking history < 10 packs.
- Pregnant women.
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研究はどのように設計されていますか?
デザインの詳細
コホートと介入
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People with acute asthma in the Emergency department or inpatient settings
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この研究は何を測定していますか?
二次結果の測定
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gene expression in acute airway secretions and tissues
時間枠:30 days
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30 days
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協力者と研究者
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捜査官
- 主任研究者:John V Fahy, M.D., M.Sc.、University of California, San Francisco
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