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Study NCT ID: NCT06152653
Status: RECRUITING
Last Update Posted: 2024-03-19
First Post: 2023-11-22

Brief Title: The Effects of Positive Airway Pressure on the Mucolytic Effects of NAC TEAM
Sponsor: University of California San Francisco
Organization: University of California San Francisco

Study Overview

Official Title: The Effects of Positive Airway Pressure on the Mucolytic Effects of NAC
Status: RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-10
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: TEAM
Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if positive pressure during inspiration will improve penetration of aerosolized N-Acetylcysteine NAC into airway mucus plugs in the lungs of patients with asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPD

The main questions it aims to answer are

Does delivery of aerosolized NAC with positive inspiratory pressure have a greater effect on mucus plug burden in the lungs than delivery of NAC without positive pressure
Does delivery of aerosolized NAC with positive inspiratory pressure have a greater effect on lung function than delivery of NAC without positive pressure

Participants will be assigned in a single blind design to the NAC via jet nebulizer group or the NAC via AeroEclipse-VersaPAP nebulizer group Participants will each complete 5 treatment visits over the course of 30 days Each treatment visit will consist of two treatments of a 10 NAC 3 mL and 25 mg albuterol 05mL inhalation solution separated by 4 hours via the nebulization method specific to their group
Detailed Description: The optimal method for delivering aerosolized N-acetyl cysteine NAC Mucomyst to the airways for the purpose of lysing mucus plugs is not established The challenge is to ensure that the NAC aerosol penetrates the mucus plug to lyse it We hypothesize that increasing the inspiratory pressure during aerosol inhalation will improve mixing of NAC with plugs and increase the chance of lysis within the time that the NAC liquid medication dwells in the plugged airway segment Usual nebulizer systems that generate aerosols for inhalation do not allow for application of pressure during inspiration but the VersaPAP system from Monaghan Medical Corporation has this capability Specifically the VersaPAP system combines continuous positive pressure during inspiration while the patient inhales aerosol medication and the pressure will generate viscous fingers in the mucus plugs to aid lysis

Recent published work from the Fahy lab has revealed that airway mucus plugs can be identified on low dose CT scans of the lungs and quantified using a bronchopulmonary segment based system to generate a measure that quantifies the mucus plug burden in the lung This CT based mucus plug scoring system provides a predictive and monitoring biomarker for mucus plug pathology in the lungs of patients with asthma and COPD

This is a single-blind phase 4 clinical trial designed to help determine the optimal method of delivery of aerosolized NAC to patients with mucus-associated lung disease asthma and COPD Subjects will be screened for evidence of mucus in their lungs as determined by CT imaging Eligible participants will then be assigned to the NAC via jet nebulizer group or the NAC via AeroEclipse-VersaPAP nebulizer group and complete 5 treatment visits over the course of 30 days Each treatment visit will consist of two treatments of a 10 NAC 3 mL and 25 mg albuterol 05mL inhalation solution separated by 4 hours via the nebulization method specific to their group

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: True
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: True
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: False
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None
Secondary IDs
Secondary ID Type Domain Link
2R01HL080414-13A1 NIH None httpsreporternihgovquickSearch2R01HL080414-13A1