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Remodelling of the Lower Airways in Chronic Cough

15 juni 2026 uppdaterad av: Medical University of Warsaw

Does Chronic Cough Lead to Injury and Remodelling of the Lower Airways?

The aim of the study is to assess if chronic cough leads to injury and remodelling of the airways. We plan to analyse bronchial injury and remodelling in patients with refractory chronic cough lasting longer than 12 month . Assessment of injury mediators will be performed in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Remodelling features will be analysed based on chest CT scan and pathologic specimens. Injury of epithelium will be assessed in bronchial biopsy specimens. The relationship between the duration, severity of chronic cough, and bronchial inflammation, damage, remodelling will be analysed.

Studieöversikt

Status

Rekrytering

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljerad beskrivning

Cough is a physiological defensive reflex which decreases the risk of aspiration to the lower airways and allows to remove sputum and excessive mucus from the airways. However, in some cases, persisting intensive cough may result in many complications and decrease in patients' quality of life. Damage of the airway epithelium due to infection, chemical or mechanical injury leads to an increase in the frequency or intensity of cough.

The aim of the study is to assess if chronic cough leads to damage and remodelling of the airways. We plan to analyse bronchial injury and remodelling in patients with refractory chronic cough lasting longer than 12 months. Assessment of injury mediators will be performed in blood and BALF. Remodelling will be analysed based on chest CT scan and pathologic specimens. Injury of epithelium will be assessed in pathologic specimens of bronchial biopsy. The relationship between the duration, severity of chronic cough and bronchial inflammation, damage, remodelling will be analysed.

Patients with refractory chronic cough and clinical indications for bronchoscopy (such as: productive cough, mucus plugs or bronchiectasis in chest CT, suspected extensive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC), assessment of eosinophilic airway inflammation when induced sputum could not be obtained, or any suspicion or high risk of malignancy) will be invited to take part in the study.

We plan to enroll 40 non-smoking patients with chronic cough lasting longer than 12 months, who had already been unsuccessfully treated because of cough. Thorough diagnostics of cough reason will be performed. Besides parameters of bronchial inflammation, remodelling and injury will be analysed in serum and BALF. Injury and remodelling will also be assessed in bronchial biopsy and in chest CT.

The results of the study will assess if refractory chronic cough is associated with any type of airway inflammation, bronchial injury or remodeling.

Studietyp

Observationell

Inskrivning (Beräknad)

40

Kontakter och platser

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Studiekontakt

  • Namn: Marta Dąbrowska, MD, PhD
  • Telefonnummer: +48 501157765
  • E-post: mdabrowska@mp.pl

Studera Kontakt Backup

  • Namn: Karolina Klimowicz, MD
  • Telefonnummer: +48 507045417
  • E-post: mdabrowska@mp.pl

Studieorter

  • Polen
      • Warsaw, Polen, 02-091
        • Rekrytering
        • Medical University of Warsaw
        • Kontakt:
      • Warsaw, Polen, 02-097
        • Rekrytering
        • Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw
        • Kontakt:
    • Masovian Voivodeship
      • Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Polen, 02-097
        • Rekrytering
        • Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw
        • Kontakt:
          • Marta Dąbrowska, MD, PhD
          • Telefonnummer: +48 501157765
          • E-post: mdabrowska@mp.pl
        • Kontakt:
        • Huvudutredare:
          • Marta Dąbrowska, MD, PhD
        • Underutredare:
          • Karolina Klimowicz, MD
    • Warsaw
      • Warsaw, Warsaw, Polen, 02-097
        • Rekrytering
        • Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw
        • Kontakt:
        • Huvudutredare:
          • Marta Dąbrowska, MD, PhD
        • Kontakt:

Deltagandekriterier

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  • Äldre vuxen

Tar emot friska volontärer

Nej

Testmetod

Icke-sannolikhetsprov

Studera befolkning

In 30 patients referred to the cough clinic for refractory chronic cough lasting more than 6 months

Beskrivning

Inclusion criteria for the study group:

  1. age between 18 and 75 years,
  2. chronic cough of at least one year duration, with no previous treatment (at least 2 previous unsuccessful attempts at pharmacological treatment of cough)
  3. negative history of smoking (at least 6 months of abstinence),
  4. negative history of treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI),
  5. normal chest radiograph or with changes not relevant to cough formation,
  6. no respiratory tract infections in the past 6 weeks,
  7. written consent from the patient to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. patients less than 18 and more than 75 years of age,
  2. cough lasting less than 12 months,
  3. active smoking or abstinence period of less than 6 months,
  4. respiratory tract infection 6 weeks prior to inclusion or at the time of study conduct - retry inclusion after 6 weeks,
  5. cancer or interstitial lung disease,
  6. contraindications to functional testing, sputum induction or bronchoscopy

Studieplan

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Hur är studien utformad?

Designdetaljer

Kohorter och interventioner

Grupp / Kohort
Intervention / Behandling
40 patients with refractory chronic cough lasting more than 6 months.

Patients were eligible for inclusion if they:

were 18-75 years old; had chronic cough lasting more than 12 months unresponsive to previous treatment presented with a normal or near normal chest radiograph or only abnormalities irrelevant to cough; and had clinical indications for bronchoscopy
Diagnostiskt test: chest computed tomography and bronchoscopy

Assessment of airway remodeling features on chest CT in patients with chronic cough.

Evaluation of airway injury and remodeling based on biological specimens obtained from the lower airways during bronchoscopy.Bronchoscopy is performed if clinically indicated.

Andra namn:
  • Assessment of airway remodeling features on chest computed tomography
  • Assessment of remodelling in bronchial biopsy or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

Vad mäter studien?

Primära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
assessment of the severity of epithelial damage and inflammation in the bronchial biopsy
Tidsram: baseline
Bronchial biopsy will be analysed for airway inflammation and remodeling features such as proportion of epithelial shedding basement membrane thickening, infiltration of inflammatory cells and subbasement membrane (SBM) thickening.
baseline
assessment of airway inflammation and remodeling in the airways in chest CT
Tidsram: baseline
The CT scans will be evaluated for the presence, extent, and severity of bronchial wall thickening, bronchiectasis, mucus plugs, centrilobular abnormalities, air trapping or mosaic attenuation.
baseline
Assessment of biomarkers of inflammation in serum and BALF
Tidsram: baseline
Assessment of cellular composition and inflammatory biomarkers in serum and BALF ( IL-2, IL4, IL-5, IL-8, PGE2, periostin, TSLP),
baseline

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Sponsor

Medical University of Warsaw

Utredare

  • Studierektor: Rafał Krenke, MD, PhD, Prof, Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Allergy, Warsaw Medical University

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Studera stora datum

Studiestart (Faktisk)

1 oktober 2022

Primärt slutförande (Beräknad)

30 juli 2026

Avslutad studie (Beräknad)

30 augusti 2026

Studieregistreringsdatum

Först inskickad

15 juni 2026

Först inskickad som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

15 juni 2026

Första postat (Faktisk)

22 juni 2026

Uppdateringar av studier

Senaste uppdatering publicerad (Faktisk)

22 juni 2026

Senaste inskickade uppdateringen som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

15 juni 2026

Senast verifierad

1 juni 2026

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