Pulmonary Condensate: A Promising Source of Proteomic Biomarkers for Non-invasive Evaluation of Pulmonary Involvement in Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis.

Status: Recruiting
Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) represents a rich source for countless biomarkers that can provide valuable information about respiratory as well as systemic diseases. Finding non-invasive methods for early detection of lung injury, inflammation and infectious complications in chronic diseases like (CF) Cystic fibrosis or (AB) Bronchial asthma would be highly beneficial. Investigators propose to establish EBC breathprints revealing molecular signatures of pulmonary inflammation and specific respiratory bacterial infections of CF patients and AB. Investigators hypothesize that the analysis of EBC can reveal biomarkers specific for severity of the inflammation, and infection caused by opportunistic pathogens such as P. aeruginosa (PA). With these breath-prints, investigators also propose to establish correlations between respiratory microbiota using traditional methods and CF lung disease severity. Together, the studies will advance the development and validation of EBC as a novel tool for the proper diagnosis of AB and monitoring of CF disease activity, treatment efficacy and PA or another opportunistic infections.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:

• Children/adults with moderate or IgE mediated asthma

• Children/adults with cystic fibrosis

• Healthy control children/adults without lung disorders

Contact Information
Primary
Petr Dzubak, MD, PhD.
petr.dzubak@upol.cz
585632150
Backup
Marian Hajduch, MD, PhD
marian.hajduch@upol.cz
585632
Time Frame
Start Date: 2015-05-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 450
Treatments
Asthma
Children/adults with moderate or IgE mediated asthma with inhaled and/or food allergies before and during inhaled corticosteroid, leukotriene modifiers or long-acting beta agonists treatment.
Cystic fibrosis
Children/adults with cystic fibrosis before and after antibiotics treatment and during clinical deterioration.
Healthy control
Healthy control children/adults without chronic or autoimmune disease
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: The Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Czech Republic
Collaborators: University Hospital Olomouc

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