Examining the Link Between Obesity, Inflammation, and Response to Asthma Medications

Completed

Conditions studied: Asthma, Obesity

In brief

Asthma is a common, long-term disease that is caused by inflammation of the airways. Inflammation also plays a role in obesity and may affect the way a person responds to asthma medication. This study will examine the relationship between obesity and inflammation and the effect they have on response to corticosteroid asthma medications.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00557180

Run by

National Jewish Health

People needed

33

Starts

2007-10-01

Expected to finish

2011-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participation in either the BASALT or TALC studies of the Asthma Clinical Research Network. Inclusion and exclusion criteria are as determined by those studies, NCT00495157, NCT00565266.

Where it is running

• University of California, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• National Jewish Medical & Research Center — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Brigham & Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Washington University — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
• University of Texas Medical Branch — Galveston, Texas, United States
• University of Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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