Status:

RECRUITING

Phenotyping Asthma for Bronchial Thermoplasty

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Conditions:

Severe Asthma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate a new imaging technology, called optical coherence tomography (OCT) to examine the asthmatic airways before and after bronchial thermoplasty, which is a new treatment option f...

Detailed Description

Asthma currently affects over 300 million individuals worldwide and the number of the affected patient is continuously increasing. Approximately 10% of asthmatics have poorly controlled, severe sympto...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient undergoing elective bronchial thermoplasty
  • Patient is between the ages of 18 and 60
  • Patient is able to give informed consent
  • Negative pregnancy test for all female of childbearing potential who are sexually active and not using contraception, are seeking to become pregnant, or who are nursing.
  • Nonsmoking (\<5 pack year tobacco exposure)
  • No history of co-existing lung disease
  • Meet American Thoracic Society criteria for diagnosis of asthma with either/or
  • Bronchodilator response to albuterol (≥12% change in FEV1)
  • Positive methacholine bronchoprovocation (PC20 \< 25 mg/ml)

Exclusion

  • Patients who are pregnant.
  • Patient does not meet the requirements to undergo clinical bronchial thermoplasty, as determined by the treating physician

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 10 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03435237

Start Date

May 10 2021

End Date

December 1 2024

Last Update

May 29 2024

Active Locations (2)

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215