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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00721071
Date of registration: 21/07/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children
Public title: Utility of Induced Sputum Using Hypertonic Saline to Evaluate Infection and Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis
Scientific title: Diagnostic Utility of Induced Sputum Using Hypertonic Saline to Evaluate Airway Infection and Inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis
Date of first enrolment: December 2006
Target sample size: 95
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00721071
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Felix Ratjen, MD
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Affiliation:  The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Children diagnosed with CF (by sweat chloride =60 and/or genetic testing)

2. Children ages between 6-18 years

3. Ability to perform pulmonary function tests

4. FEV1 = 30% predicted18.

Additional inclusion criteria for sub-sample undergoing antibiotic therapy:

1. Above criteria

2. Admitted to hospital for i.v. antibiotic therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Acute respiratory distress or hypoxia (oxygen saturation <92% at room air)

2. New onset of wheezing

3. Previous history of intolerance of inhalation of HS



Age minimum: 6 Years
Age maximum: 18 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cystic Fibrosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Hypertonic Saline
Primary Outcome(s)
Additional positive bacterial culture yield post IS technique for known and emerging CF pathogens over conventional methods of bacterial culturing (ES and TS). [Time Frame: 60 minutes; for subgroup, this will be repeated a second time after 14 days.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Inflammatory profile as measured by relative neutrophil count and IL-8 concentration in the IS [Time Frame: 60 minutes; for subgroup, this will be repeated a second time after 14 days.]
Bacterial colony counts [Time Frame: 60 minutes; for subgroup, this will be repeated a second time after 14 days.]
Frequency of change in clinical management based on results from IS [Time Frame: 60 minutes; for subgroup, this will be repeated a second time after 14 days.]
Secondary ID(s)
1000009154
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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