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icotinamide and innate immunity in patients with bronchiectasis

Phase 1
Conditions
Bronchiectasis
Respiratory - Other respiratory disorders / diseases
Registration Number
ACTRN12613000699763
Lead Sponsor
Dr Conroy Wong, Middlemore Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
8
Inclusion Criteria

Male or female aged between 18 to 80 years old
- able to provide written consent form
- Patients with confirmed bronchiectasis by High resolution
CT scan
- history of at least one pulmonary exacerbation in the
past 12 months
- healthy volunteers should be never smoker with no
underlying acute or chronic medical conditions and not
taking regular medications

Exclusion Criteria

- Pregnant or lactating women
- patients with significant medical conditions other than
bronchiectasis
- patients with significant abnormal liver function or with
liver cirrhosis
- patients with a history of non-adherence with medications

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Dose of nicotinamide required to achieve serum level of 1 mM, this will be assessed by collecting blood samples for serum nicotinamide level analysis at each follow up visits from visit 2 to visit 5[two weeks]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Counts of surviving bacterial colony-forming units after inoculation of the pathogen with nicotinamide treated blood[two weeks];Serum Level of C/EBPe expression [two weeks];serum lactoferrin level[two weeks];serum cathelicidin level[two weeks]
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