Sample Collections From the Airways of Asthmatic Patients

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

574 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-06-02

Brief Summary

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Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is a procedure which involves passing a pencil-thin tube into the lung in order to collect fluid and cells from the airways. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy can collect cells from the walls of airways by gently brushing them (bronchial brushing). In addition, squirting small amounts of sterile water in to the airway and gently suctioning it back into the bronchoscope (bronchoalveolar lavage) collects cells.

In this study, researchers plan to perform these tests on patients with asthma and normal volunteers. This research may help to improve the understanding of the processes involved in airway inflammation and asthma.

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Detailed Description

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This tissue procurement protocol proposes to perform bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchial brushings, and bronchial wall biopsies, as well as to collect samples of sputum, exhaled breath condensates and blood, in order to evaluate the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of airway inflammation, airway hyperresponsiveness, and airway remodeling in asthmatic subjects.

Conditions

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Asthma

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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1

Asthmatics

No interventions assigned to this group

2

Research Volunteers

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

ASTHMATICS:

1. Patients undergoing a research bronchoscopy will be between 18 and 75 years of age, male or female. The diagnosis of asthma requires a history of intermittent, reversible expiratory flow limitation. In addition, patients will have demonstrated evidence of either an abnormal methacholine challenge or reversible airway obstruction. An abnormal methacholine challenge will be defined as a decrease in FEV1 of at least 20% at a PD20 dose \< 200 microgram. Reversible airway obstruction will be defined as an improvement of at least 10% in either the FEV1 or FVC following bronchodilator treatment. Methacholine challenge testing will not be performed if the subject has a history of allergy to methacholine. Results of testing performed by the subject s primary care provider may be accepted as evidence of reversible airflow obstruction.
2. For women of childbearing potential, negative pregnancy test and willingness to adhere to reliable birth control methods prior to

bronchoscopy or sputum induction.
3. Asthmatic research subjects who will only be providing research blood specimens, nasal epithelial lining fluid, spontaneously expectorated sputum, or exhaled breath condensate, and will not be undergoing a research bronchoscopy or sputum induction, may participate in the protocol by providing a clinical history that they have asthma and are not pregnant. Documentation of an abnormal methacholine challenge or reversible airflow obstruction or a negative pregnancy test, for women of childbearing age, will not be required for donation of research blood specimens, or other non-invasive samples, such as nasal epithelial lining fluid, sputum, or exhaled breath condensate.

1. Research volunteers undergoing a research bronchoscopy will be between 18 and 75 years of age, male or female.
2. A negative inhalational methacholine challenge as defined by the absence of a 20% decrease in FEV1 at a PD20 dose of \> 400 microgram (normal bronchial hyperresponsiveness). Methacholine challenge testing will not be performed if the subject has a history of allergy to methacholine. Results of testing performed by the subject s primary care provider may be accepted as evidence of a negative methacholine challenge.
3. For women of childbearing potential, negative pregnancy test within 2 weeks prior to bronchoscopy and willingness to adhere to reliable birth control methods prior to bronchoscopy or sputum induction.
4. Research volunteers who will only be providing research blood specimens, nasal epithelial lining fluid, sputum, spontaneously expectorated sputum, or exhaled breath condensate, and will not be undergoing a research bronchoscopy or sputum induction, may be included in the protocol without documentation of a negative inhalational methacholine challenge or a negative pregnancy test if they provide a history that they do not have asthma and that they are not currently pregnant, for women of childbearing age.

Exclusion Criteria

ASTHMATICS:

Diagnosis of a pulmonary disorder other than asthma (e.g., chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, HIV-related lymphocytic airway inflammation).

History of drug or alcohol abuse within the past year.

Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (to exclude patients with HIV-related lymphocytic airway inflammation) or hepatitis virus.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No