Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Location
at UCSF
Dates
study started
completion around
Principal Investigator
by John Fahy, MD, MS (ucsf)
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John Fahy

Description

Summary

This is a single-center study of 80 subjects with asthma including those with obesity and metabolic dysfunction (MD), those with obesity and without metabolic dysfunction, those with severe asthma and mucus plugging and those with severe asthma and without mucus plugging. Screening data will be reviewed to determine participant eligibility. Participants who meet all inclusion criteria will participate in a cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) visit to compare lung function markers and change in oxygen saturation between obese patients with and without MD and severe asthma patients with and without mucus plugging.

Details

The mechanism of poor exercise tolerance in patients with severe asthma is poorly understood. In preliminary data, the investigators have identified increases in air trapping in patients with obese asthma and metabolic dysfunction and patients with asthma and mucus plugs. The investigators have also found air trapping on CT (Computerized Tomography) scans of severe asthma patients with mucus plugs. Therefore, the investigators hypothesize that obese patients with metabolic dysfunction (MD) and severe asthma patients with mucus plugs develop changes in lung function during exercise.

To test this hypothesis, this protocol will plan for cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with obesity or severe asthma. The analyses will compare dynamic hyperinflation, expiratory flow limitation, and the RV/TLC ratio (ratio of residual volume to total lung capacity) before and after exercise between obese patients with and without MD and severe asthma patients with and without mucus plugs.

Keywords

Asthma

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 18 years and up

  1. Male or female ≥ 18 years old at Visit 0
  2. Written informed consent obtained from subject and ability for subject to comply with the requirements of the study.
  3. History of physician diagnosed asthma
  4. Evidence of bronchodilator reversibility (12% improvement in FEV1 after albuterol administration) or positive methacholine challenge PC20 or PD20. Historical evidence is accepted.
  5. Meets criteria for obesity or severe asthma a. Obesity: BMI≥30 i. Metabolic dysfunction is defined as presence of either:
  6. IL-6 high: Plasma IL-6 > 3.0 pg/mL 2. Insulin resistance: HOMA-IR > 3 mass units b.

    Severe asthma: Requires treatment with high dose inhaled corticosteroids plus a second controller, systemic corticosteroid, or biologic therapy.

  7. Mucus Plugging is defined as mucus plug score ≥ 4

You CAN'T join if...

  1. Asthma exacerbation or URI within the previous 6 weeks.
  2. History of smoking
    1. If <30 years old: Smoked for ≥5 pack-years
    2. If ≥30: Smoked for ≥10 pack years
  3. Pregnancy
  4. Absolute or relative contraindication to exercise testing per ATS criteria
  5. Any other criteria that place the subject at unnecessary risk according to the judgment of the Principal Investigator and/or attending physician of record.

Location

  • UCSF Airway Clinical Research Center accepting new patients
    San Francisco California 94143 United States

Lead Scientist at University of California Health

  • John Fahy, MD, MS (ucsf)
    I am a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Medicine at UCSF. I direct a research program in asthma and other airway diseases that is human centered and focused on uncovering disease mechanisms and improving treatment.

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
ID
NCT05757583
Study Type
Observational
Participants
Expecting 80 study participants
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