Status:

COMPLETED

Oxidative Stress in Asthma

Lead Sponsor:

Bastiaan Driehuys

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Conditions:

Asthma

Obesity

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

40% of all asthma patients in the US are obese. Obese asthmatics have more severe disease than lean asthmatics and do not respond as well to conventional anti-inflammatory therapies. This proposal wil...

Detailed Description

ABSTRACT Obesity, a major comorbidity and a potential modulator of asthma, affects nearly 40% of asthmatics in the U.S., and increases its severity. Obese asthmatics do not respond as well to convent...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Asthma Cohort INCLUSION
  • Adequate completion of informed consent process with written documentation
  • Male and female patients, 18 - 65 years old, inclusive
  • Physician diagnosis of asthma for \> 1 year
  • Able to perform reproducible spirometry according to ATS criteria
  • Post-bronchodilator FEV1 ≥ 60% of predicted at Visit 0
  • All racial/ethnic backgrounds may participate
  • BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
  • Regular treatment with ICS or ICS/LABA and/or LAMA combination medication for at least 3 months; on a stable dose for the 4 weeks prior to Visit 0
  • Smoking history \<10 pack years and no smoking in the last 3 months
  • Late onset asthma: Age of asthma onset (diagnosis) ≥12 years;
  • FeNO \< 25 ppb at Visit 0
  • Negative allergen skin test
  • Early onset asthma: Age of asthma onset (diagnosis) \<12 years
  • FeNO ≥ 25 ppb at Visit 0
  • Positive allergen skin test
  • Non-Asthma Cohort INCLUSION
  • No history of asthma or other chronic lung diseases
  • Male and female patients, 18 - 65 years old, inclusive
  • Not currently smoking or using other forms of tobacco-related products (including vaping)
  • Smoking history \<10 pack years and no smoking in the past 3 months
  • FEV1 \> 80% of predicted and FEV1/FVC \> lower limit of normal.
  • Ability to sign consent
  • BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
  • Negative allergen skin test
  • Additional INCLUSION Criteria for MRI
  • Outpatients of either gender, age \> 18
  • Willing and able to give informed consent and adhere to visit/protocol schedules. (Consent must be given before any study procedures are performed.)
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test prior to MRI.
  • EXCLUSION Criteria
  • Asthma Cohort EXCLUSION:
  • Respiratory tract infection within the 4 weeks prior to Visit 0
  • Oral or systemic corticosteroid burst (for any indication) within the 4 weeks prior to Visit 0. One-time doses, such as intra-articular injections into a shoulder or knee joint, require a 4- week washout prior to Visit 0
  • Asthma-related ER visit within the previous 4 weeks of Visit 0
  • History of ICU admission/intubation due to asthma in the past 1 year
  • Three or more asthma exacerbations requiring treatment with systemic corticosteroids in the past year consistent with severe asthma
  • Asthma exacerbation requiring systemic corticosteroids within the 4 weeks prior to Visit 0
  • Significant concomitant medical illness, including (but not limited to) heart disease, cancer, uncontrolled diabetes, other chronic lung diseases
  • Chronic renal failure (creatinine \> 2.0) at Visit 0
  • Positive urine pregnancy test at Visit 0 or at any time during the study
  • Untreated sleep apnea
  • Participation in an intervention study (including, bronchoscopy) or use of investigative drugs within the past 30 days or plans to enroll in such a trial during the study
  • Unable or unlikely to complete study assessments in the opinion of the Investigator
  • Study intervention poses undue risk to patient in the opinion of the Investigator
  • History of bronchial thermoplasty
  • Non-Asthma Cohort EXCLUSION:
  • Respiratory tract infection within the 4 weeks prior to Visit 0 Oral or systemic corticosteroid burst (for any indication) within the 4 weeks prior to Visit 0. One-time doses, such as intra-articular injections into a shoulder or knee joint, require a 4-week washout prior to Visit 0
  • Significant concomitant medical illness, including (but not limited to) heart disease, cancer, uncontrolled diabetes, other chronic lung diseases
  • Chronic renal failure (creatinine \> 2.0) at Visit 0
  • Positive urine pregnancy test at Visit 0 or at any time during the study
  • Untreated sleep apnea
  • Participation in an intervention study (including bronchoscopy) or use of investigative drugs within the past 30 days or plans to enroll in such a trial during the study
  • Unable or unlikely to complete study assessments in the opinion of the Investigator
  • Study intervention poses undue risk to patient in the opinion of the Investigator
  • Additional EXCLUSION Criteria for MRI
  • Medical or psychological conditions which, in the opinion of the investigator, might create undue risk to the subject or interfere with the subject's ability to comply with the protocol requirements
  • Conditions that will prohibit MRI scanning (metal in eye, claustrophobia, inability to lie supine, shoulder circumference \>140 cm\*.) \*This measurement is not an absolute as it can vary based on weight distribution.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 1 2021

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    January 31 2025

    Estimated Enrollment :

    40 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04512547

    Start Date

    April 1 2021

    End Date

    January 31 2025

    Last Update

    March 7 2025

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    Duke Asthma Allergy and Airway Center

    Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705