Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:37 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 12:37 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00180661
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
The final diagnosis of severe asthma will be made according to the screening steps we have set up. The definition will require the presence of one or both major criteria (treatment with continuous or near continuous oral corticosteroids and/or requirement for treatment with high dose inhaled steroids) and two minor criteria.
Patients who do not fit the criteria of severe asthma will not be entered into the study.
Age 18-60; both sexes.
For the investigation of fiberoptic bronchoscopy, other additional inclusion criteria will be imposed:
1. Post-bronchodilator FEV1 greater than 40% on the day of the bronchoscopy
2. No evidence of an exacerbation of asthma within the past 4 weeks.
3. Ability to cooperate with procedures
4. Ability to give consent
5. Current smokers, and ex-smokers with greater than 10 pack years history of smoking.
Exclusion criteria
Pregnancy or unreliable contraceptive measures in child-bearing woman. he bronchoscopist has determined the subject is clinically appropriate for bronchoscopy
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
60 Years
Study:
NCT00180661
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00180661