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Interrelation Between Bronchial Asthma and Smoking

NCT03207620 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 117

Last updated 2022-01-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Smoking occurs frequently in patients with asthma. Recent surveys on smoking prevalence report 21-26% current smokers in populations of patients with asthma. Detrimental effects of active smoking in asthma include worse asthma control, an impaired response to corticosteroids and accelerated lung function decline.

Conditions

  • Bronchial Asthma

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

using serum periostin and eotaxin-2 level

collect serum sample from each group and detection of serum periostin and eotaxin-2 are using Eliza kits. each group is divided into two groups (patients who are already using ICS and patients who do not use ICS) and we compare between to groups in airway hypersensitivity.

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

airway corticosteroid sensitivity

each group is divided into two groups (patients who are already using inhaled corticosteroid ICS and patients who do not use ICS) and we compare between to groups in airway hypersensitivity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Safaa A Eid, master · Assiut University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-09
Primary Completion
2021-08-01
Completion
2021-08-10

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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