Biomarkers predictive for clinical efficacy of bronchial thermoplasty in patients with asthma
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Bronchial asthma
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000020443
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 13
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
-Use of an internal or external pacemaker or internal cardiac defibrillator -Known sensitivity to medications required to perform bronchoscopy, including lidocaine, atropine and benzodiazepines -lower respiratory tract infection -Unstable asthma with an increased does of systemic corticosteroid within 2 weeks -Bleeding diathesis, platelet dysfunction, thrombocytopenia with platelet count less than 125,000/mm2 or known coagulopathy (INR > 1.5) -Any active disease left untreated
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Biomarker discovery for clinical efficacy of bronchial thermoplasty
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method