Severe Asthma Research Program - Wake Forest University
Completed
Conditions studied: Asthma, Severe Persistent Asthma
In brief
The mission of SARP is to improve the understanding of severe asthma through the integrated study of the effect of genetics on the clinical and biological features of asthma and to investigate how these change over time. The ultimate goal of these efforts is to promote better treatments for severe asthma.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01750411
- Run by
- Wake Forest University
- People needed
- 87
- Starts
- 2012-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2021-01-15
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-04-01
Who can join
Age: 6 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Physician diagnosis of asthma,
- Age 6 years and older
- Evidence of historical reversibility, including either:
- FEV1 bronchodilator reversibility ≥ 12%, or
- Airway hyperresponsiveness reflected by methacholine PC20≤16 mg/mL.
You may not qualify if…
- No primary medical caregiver
- Pregnancy (only if undergoing methacholine challenge or bronchoscopy)
- Current smoking
- Smoking history > 10 pack years if ≥ 30 years of age or smoking history >5 pack years if < 30 years of age (Note: If a subject has a smoking history, no smoking within the past year)
- Other chronic pulmonary disorders associated with asthma-like symptoms, including (but not limited to) cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, vocal cord dysfunction that is the sole cause of asthma symptoms, severe scoliosis or chest wall deformities that affect lung function, or congenital disorders of the lungs or airways
- History of premature birth before 35 weeks gestation
- Planning to relocate from the clinical center area before study completion
Where it is running
- Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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