Bronchodilating and Bronchoprotective Effects of Deep Inspirations

NCT01659476 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2018-04-06

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Summary

The objectives of this research are to compare (i) the bronchodilating and (ii) the bronchoprotective effects of deep inspirations (DIs) in individuals with: (a) asthma, (b) CVA, (c) methacholine-induced cough but normal airway sensitivity and .

(d) in healthy individuals (without asthma, chronic cough or asymptomatic airway hyperresponsiveness).

Hypotheses:

i. The bronchodilating effect of a DI will be: (a) absent or impaired in individuals with classic asthma; (b) impaired in individuals with CVA; (c) preserved in individuals with methacholine-induced cough but normal airway sensitivity; and (d) preserved in healthy individuals (without asthma, chronic cough or asymptomatic airway hyperresponsiveness).

ii. The bronchoprotective effect of a DI will be: (a) absent in individuals with classic asthma; (b) impaired in individuals with CVA; (c) preserved in those with methacholine-induced cough but normal airway sensitivity; and (d) preserved in healthy individuals (without asthma, chronic cough or asymptomatic airway hyperresponsiveness).

iii. Healthy individuals without asthma, chronic cough, or asymptomatic airway hyperresponsiveness, will not cough, or develop significant dyspnea, small airways obstruction or dynamic hyperinflation during high-dose methacholine bronchoprovocation.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Methacholine(MCh) Challenge Testing

Visit 1: High-dose methacholine challenge test Visit 2 or 3: Will be conducted in random order and subjects will perform one of two modified single-dose methacholine challenge tests at either visit. During these modified challenges, subjects will (a) perform five DIs from functional residual capacity (FRC) to total lung capacity (TLC) back to FRC, or (b) refrain from taking DIs prior to inhaling the previously measured single PC20 dose of methacholine.

OTHER

Methacholine(MCh) Challenge Testing

Visit 1: Baseline tests, and subjects will be randomized to complete either a high-dose methacholine using maximal expiratory flow-volume loop (MEFV), or a high-dose methacholine challenge with impulse oscillometry (IOS) and partial expiratory flow-volume loop (PEFV) and MEFV at each dose step. Visit 2: Subjects will perform the opposite protocol, based on their first visit:

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Queen's University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • M. Diane Lougheed, MD MSc · Queen's University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-08-31
Completion
2017-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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