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Optimizing and Standardizing 129Xe Gas Exchange MRI to Visualize Regional Therapy Response in Interstitial Lung Disease
The purpose of this multi-centered, NIH-sponsored study is to to develop an optimal protocol for using noninvasive 129Xe gas exchange MRI to detect changing disease activity in interstitial lung diseases (ILDs).
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Oral Ifetroban in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Ifetroban prevents and treats lung fibrosis due to multiple causes (bleomycin, genetic, radiation). The safety and efficacy of oral ifetroban will be assessed in patients with IPF.
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Oral Prednisone in Treating LCH of Bone in Childhood and Adolescence
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of bone is a benign-tumor-like osteolytic lesion in childhood and adolescence, which is characterized by the aberrant activation of antigen presenting cells. Rather than the multi-system involvements of LCH, no standard or widely-accepted therapeutic regimens were established for LCH of bone. In the previous clinical practice, several LCH patients obtained remarkable pain relief after taking prednisone. Therefore, the investigators aim to conducting a multi-center, open-labelled, randomized-controlled, Phase II study to investigate the efficacy and safety of oral prednisone in treating LCH of bone...
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Oxygen Atomizing Inhalation of EGCG in the Treatment Interstitial Pneumonia in Cancer Patients
Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is a major polyphenol of green tea that possesses a wide variety of actions, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-fibrotic, pro-apoptotic, anti-tumorous, and metabolic effects via modulation of a variety of intracellular signaling cascades. In addition, preclinical studies have also emphasized the antiviral activity of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), including SARS-CoV-2. In previous studies, we found that EGCG can prevent and cure radiation-induced normal tissue damage in tumor patients. In clinical studies, we found that EGCG can prevent and treat radiation-induced acute radiation esophagitis,...
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Oxygen Savings With Administered Oxygen and High Flow Ambient Air At Rest
This study is meant to compare the amount of oxygen required for hypoxemia relief between current standard of care (oxygen only) and oxygen with the addition of high flow air for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), and Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) patients during rest. Subjects will be titrated from 0 L/min until they maintain 95% SpO2 for each of the following delivery methods: 1. Pulses of pure oxygen (control) 2. Constant high flow air with pulses of pure oxygen 3. Out of phase pulses of high flow air and pure oxygen
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Partitioned Training of Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lung disease that limits the ability to breathe enough for a good workout. One way to improve the exercise training is to reduce the number of muscles being trained together. By training one leg at a time, the patient does not have to breathe as much allowing each leg a better workout. Our groundwork suggests it may work in patients with IPF. This study will help decide whether one-legged exercise training is better at improving a patient's exercise endurance compared to the usual way of exercising with both legs at the same time.
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Pediatric Vasculitis Initiative
Childhood chronic vasculitis describes a group of rare life-threatening diseases that have in common inflammation of blood vessels in vital organs such as kidneys, lungs and brain. Most knowledge about them comes from adult patients. Severe disease requires aggressive life-saving treatments with steroids and some cancer drugs which can themselves cause damage, and increase risks of cancer and severe infections. Conversely, milder disease can be treated with less toxic drugs. Different classification and "scoring tools" are used to define the types and severity of vasculitis and to measure damage caused by disease or drugs. These in ...
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PFOX: Pulmonary Fibrosis Ambulatory Oxygen Trial
The fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (fILD) are characterised by lung scarring, distressing breathlessness and poor health-related quality of life. Exertional desaturation (low blood oxygen during exercise) is a hallmark of fILD, occurring in over 50% of patients. It is sometimes treated with ambulatory oxygen therapy (AOT), which involves breathing supplemental oxygen during physical activity. However the absence of clinical trials has given rise to marked variations in policy and practice globally. Even where AOT is available, treatment adherence using the traditional delivery method of cylinder gas is poor. Recently new devices...
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Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy Study of Tulisokibart (MK-7240/PRA023) in Subjects With Systemic Sclerosis Associated With Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) (MK-7240-007)
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of tulisokibart in participants with SSc-ILD.
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Phase I/IIa Clinical Trial of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell Injection in the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Main purpose -To explore the safety and tolerance of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Secondary purpose - To explore the preliminary efficacy of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and to recommend the appropriate dose of cell therapy for subsequent clinical studies. - To explore the immunogenicity of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell injection in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This study adopts a clinical research design of...
