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To determine whether pulmonary rehabilitation prior to bariatric surgery leads to improved and sustained asthma control (ACQ) as compared to bariatric surgery alone in patients with morbid obesity and not optimally controlled asthma.Secondary aims…
The current proposal studies the efficacy of a multifactorial intervention with weight reduction, behavioural therapy, and physical exercise on the severity and control of overweight/obese children with asthma. Also the underlying mechanism of these…
The primary objective is to determine the effect of intravenously administered rhAPC on HDM-LPS induced allergic lung inflammation.
In this study we will examine whether inhaled salmeterol inhibits house dust mite allergen-induced lung inflammation in mild asthmatics that are on maintenance treatment with low dose inhaled corticosteroids. If so, salmeterol may prove useful as…
Primary Objective: To investigate the effect of supplementation of a single high dose of vitamin D (400.000 IU) on 1. the percentage of neutrophils in induced sputum, in non-atopic asthmatic patients with neutrophilic airway inflammation (…
1) To examine the effect of 3 weeks of 18*g tiotropium bromide once daily on the degree of bronchodilation following deep inspiration at a given level of bronchoconstriction.2) To examine the effect of 3 weeks of 18*g tiotropium bromide once daily…
The primary objectives are to determine the inhibitory effect of intravenously administered C1-inhibitor as well as the influence of depletion of the human microbiota on allergic lung inflammation induced by house dust mite (HDM) plus…
Objectives: 1) The development of an optimal point-of-care (POC) breath test for an early asthma diagnosis in preschool wheezing children; 2) To unravel important pathogenetic mechanisms in the early development of viral wheeze and asthma by…