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Lead
University Hospital, Montpellier
With
APARD Fonds de dotation
Secondarily, this study aims to compare rheology parameters between different chronic airway disease sub-populations.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Affiliate with or beneficiary of the French national single-payer health insurance system
Patient capable of spontaneous mucus expectoration
Consulting or hospitalized at the study centre
Never- or former-smoker (\<10 pack-years)
Medical history compatible with asthma
Reversible post-brochodilator (or post-corticosteroid test) ventilatory obstruction (ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second : forced vital capacity \< 70%) or significant variation in respiratory function -- OR -- Bronchial hyperresponsiveness demonstrated during a broncho-provocation test
Current- or former-smokers (\>10 pack years)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to GOLD criteria
Presence of bronchiectasis on computed tomography scan
Cystic fibrosis has been ruled out
You may not be if
Patient expresses opposition to the protocol
Breast feeding or pregnant
Metastatic neoplastic disease
Other active pulmonary disease (tuberculosis, interstitial lung disease)
Recent psychiatric disorder (in the past year and documented via a specialist consult)
Consumption of illicit drugs or alcoholism
Patients in an exclusion period determined by another study
