Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Male and female patients aged ≥18 years;
2. Patients with a documented diagnosis of mild/moderate asthma, according to GINA, for at least 6 months before visit 1;
3. Patients on LABA/ICS chronic inhaled treatment (\> 4 weeks before visit 1);
4. ACT values \<20 points
5. No smoking patients, or former smokers (at least 1 year since quitting smoking, and no more than 10 pack/year, according the WHO definition);
6. Patients able to set up a personal outcome according to the protocol instruction, and willing to improve their personal outcome;
7. Patients able to understand written and spoken Italian;
8. Patients who give their informed consent to participate in the study.
You may not be if
1. Patients treated with oral corticosteroids (OCS) and/or biological for severe refractory asthma;
2. Patients treated with OCS for any other chronic disease;
3. Subjects with current evidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, active tuberculosis, active lung cancer, significant bronchiectasis, sarcoidosis, lung fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung diseases or other active pulmonary diseases or respiratory abnormalities other than asthma;
4. Subjects with historical or current evidence of clinically significant cardiovascular, neurological, psychiatric, renal, hepatic, immunological, gastrointestinal, urogenital, nervous system, musculoskeletal, skin, sensory, endocrine (including uncontrolled diabetes or thyroid disease) or hematological abnormalities that are uncontrolled. Significant is defined as any disease that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would put the safety of the subject at risk through participation, or which would affect the efficacy or safety analysis if the disease/condition exacerbated during the study.
5. Subjects with a history of psychiatric disease, intellectual deficiency, poor motivation or other conditions that will limit the validity of informed consent to participate in the study.
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