Active clinical trials for "Fibrosis"

In some patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), the disease is caused by a nonsense mutation (premature stop codon) in the gene that makes the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) protein. PTC124 has been shown to partially restore CFTR production in animals with CF due to a nonsense mutation. In an ongoing Phase 2a study being performed at the Hadassah University Hospital - Mount Scopus in Israel, patients with nonsense-mutation-mediated CF have received PTC124 in two 14-day treatment courses. Preliminary results from that study indicate that PTC124 has pharmacodynamic activity of PTC124 in CF and that PTC124 can be safely administered in this patient population. This Phase 2b extension study is designed to evaluate the activity and safety of 3 months (approximately 84 days) of continuous treatment with PTC124 in the same patients who were enrolled to the Phase 2a study. The main purpose of this study is to understand whether PTC124 can be safely administered and achieve pharmacodynamic activity in patients with CF due to a nonsense mutation.

Cirrhotic patients undergoing hepatic resection have a mortality rate near 10%, and 30 to 70% of them develop severe complications. These failures are mainly due to hepatic insufficiency. Studies have already shown benefits of oral nutritional supplements in ORL, digestive, and cardiac surgery. We aimed to ascertain whether this nutritional, immune-enhancing supplementation, administered 7 days before and 3 days after surgery, could improve liver function and postoperative host defences in patients with liver cancer resection.

OBJECTIVES: I. Assess the efficacy of monthly intravenous mucoid exopolysaccharide Pseudomonas aeruginosa immune globulin (MEP IGIV) given over 1 year in reducing the frequency of acute pulmonary exacerbation in patients with cystic fibrosis, mild to moderate pulmonary disease, and mucoid P. aeruginosa colonization. II. Assess the effect of MEP IGIV on FEV1, sputum density of mucoid P. aeruginosa, and the quality of life in these patients. III. Assess the safety of monthly MEP IGIV. IV. Assess population-based MEP IGIV pharmacokinetics during chronic therapy.

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the safety and efficacy of tobramycin in patients with cystic fibrosis who are chronically colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. II. Determine whether this treatment produces tobramycin-resistant bacteria at a frequency different from the placebo group and whether the emergence of resistance is associated with a lack of clinical response.

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the effect of growth hormone on height, height velocity, body weight, and lean body mass in patients with cystic fibrosis. II. Determine the effect of growth hormone on pulmonary function in these patients. III. Determine the impact of this drug on the quality of life in these patients. IV. Determine if the clinical response from this drug is sustained in these patients.

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of recombinant adeno-associated virus-CFTR vector in patients with cystic fibrosis. II. Assess the safety of this gene therapy in these patients. III. Assess the in vivo gene transfer of this vector in these patients. IV. Assess the CFTR gene expression and physiologic activity following gene transfer in these patients. V. Assess the clinical impact of CFTR gene expression following gene transfer in these patients. VI. Monitor patient immune response directed against CFTR or vector components following vector administration.

OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the safety of ascending doses of CPX administered to adult patients with mild cystic fibrosis. II. Evaluate the pharmacokinetics of ascending doses of CPX in this patient population.

The primary objectives of this study are to assess the safety and efficacy of MS1819 in enteric capsules vs porcine pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) in patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) due to cystic fibrosis (CF). The exploratory objective of the extension phase (EP) is to find a dose of MS1819 in immediate release capsules that is safe and results in CFA values in a therapeutic range.

This study will evaluate the efficacy of tezacaftor in combination with ivacaftor (TEZ/IVA) in participants with cystic fibrosis (CF) aged 6 through 11 years, who are homozygous for the F508del mutation (F/F) or heterozygous for F508del with an eligible residual function mutation (F/RF).

The study population is comprised of adult subjects with cystic fibrosis (CF) who are homozygous for the F508del mutation and are currently receiving background treatment with tezacaftor/ivacaftor for a minimum of 1 month prior to Day 1. The planned sample size is approximately 40 subjects. 20 subjects will be assigned to PTI-428 dose level 1 or placebo and 20 subjects will be assigned to PTI-428 dose level 2 or placebo. At each dose level, subjects will be randomized at a 3:1 randomization ratio. Subjects will receive once daily oral doses of PTI-428 or placebo for 28 days, while the subjects continue to receive background treatment with tezacaftor/ivacaftor per product label. The study drug administration period will be followed by a 14-day safety follow-up period.