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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR91
Date of registration: 26/07/2005
Primary sponsor: University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU)
Public title: Cystic fibrosis; a hereditary inflammatory process.
Scientific title: Cystic fibrosis; a hereditary inflammatory process. - N/A
Date of first enrolment: 1/1/2002
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: complete
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=91
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: Double; Control: Placebo; Group: Parallel; Type: 2 or more arms, randomized  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: S.W.J.  Terheggen-Lagro
Address:  University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), locatie AZU, CF-Centrum, P.O.Box 85500, Heidelberglaan 100 3508 GA Utrecht The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)30 2504000
Email: s.terheggen@umcutrecht.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: S.W.J.  Terheggen-Lagro
Address:  University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), locatie AZU, CF-Centrum, P.O.Box 85500, Heidelberglaan 100 3508 GA Utrecht The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)30 2504000
Email: s.terheggen@umcutrecht.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. CF diagnosis as confirmed by sweat chloride test and/or genotyping;

2. CF-patients 2-10 years old;

3. Informed consent;

4. Capable of using inhaled
corticosteroids by aerochamber;

5. Compliant to regular therapy.

Exclusion criteria: 1. CF-patients < 2 years;

2. CF-patients > 10 years;

3. Use of anti-inflammatory therapy in a period of 2 months before inclusion (orally administered steroids, inhaled corticosteroïds and non-steroïd anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAID?s);

4. Disease, other than CF, that affects growth;

5. Participation in another study.


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

Intervention(s)
Inhaled HFA-Beclomethasone Diproprionate (Qvar®) 200 mcg twice daily by aerochamber or a placebo (also inhaled by aerochamber).
Primary Outcome(s)
PULMONARY:

1. FEV1, FVC, RV%TLC after 3 years;

2. Rint measurements.

Secondary Outcome(s)
IMMUNOLOGICAL:

1. Neutrophil markers: MoPhabs A17 and A27, CD11b, CD11a;

2. IL-8, sICAM1, sE-Selectin, TNFa;

3. End tidal carbon monoxide in exhaled breath;

MICROBIOLOGICAL:

4. Respiratory pathogens in culture;

SEROLOGICAL:

5. Seroconversion to anti-pseudomonal antibodies;

Clinical:

6. Adverse events;

7. Clinical parameters (body weight, height, fat free mass);

8. Number of pulmonary acerbations;

9. Antimicrobial agent use;

10. Quality of life questionnaire scores;

RADIOLOGICAL:

11. Chest radiograph scored by CF chest radiograph scoring systems.
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN03484127
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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