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People with lung conditions can suffer significantly with their symptoms and often require multiple trips to their GP or secondary care before a diagnosis is made. It can be difficult to diagnose lung disease and to differentiate between different lung conditions, so many people may be misdiagnosed or incorrectly not given a diagnosis. The tests currently used to diagnose lung diseases can be difficult or uncomfortable to do, especially if the person is experiencing lots of symptoms, and therefore can give poor or unreliable results.A new quick and easy to perform test is needed that can differentiate between various lung conditions and people with no lung disease, that can be performed in primary and secondary care with immediate results.
Lung disease is one of the largest contributors to morbidity and mortality in the UK, with 20% of the population diagnosed with, or receiving treatment for a respiratory condition.
Methods of diagnosis are still convoluted and can be difficult to perform, or very costly in patient and clinician time. Some diagnostic tests only look for a specific type of inflammation (e.g. Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide) and so can overlook other causes. It can be hard to differentiate between different conditions, and as a result there are thousands of people in the UK who have undiagnosed or misdiagnosed respiratory disease.
Measurement of Exhaled Breath Condensate Hydrogen Peroxide (EBC H2O2) is performed during normal tidal breathing, and is well tolerated even in patients with severe airways obstruction and those unable to perform a consistent controlled exhalation. It is also not limited to inflammatory cell specific inflammation.
In studies using the previous version of the Inflammacheckâ„¢ device, significant differences have been demonstrated between levels of H2O2 in people with COPD, asthma, ILD and lung cancer compared to healthy controls. These studies have been instrumental in the continued improvement of the device, to ensure that the participant has the best experience, and simplify the procedure, so that the H2O2 result can be obtained with a single test in under 3 minutes.
Although the primary result of the Inflammacheckâ„¢ device is EBC H2O2, it is now also able to measure clinically important parameters including breath temperature, humidity, Carbon Dioxide waveforms, and intra-thoracic pressure changes. These parameters, in combination with the EBC H2O2 may be able to be used together to identify differences between people with various respiratory diseases and healthy volunteers. The device has also been improved based on the participant feedback, to ensure that it is user friendly and comfortable.
The investigators need to determine whether the parameters (H2O2, humidity, temperature, exhaled CO2 waveform and intra-thoracic pressure), as measured by 'Inflammacheckâ„¢' can either alone or in combination differentiate asthma, COPD, lung cancer, ILD, breathing pattern disorder, bronchiectasis and pneumonia from other each other and from healthy controls.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| To measure the levels of H2O2 in EBC in patients with a range of commonly occurring respiratory conditions | levels of H2O2 in Exhaled Breath Condensate | immediately after the procedure (breathing into device) |
| To measure humidity levels in EBC in patients with a range of commonly occurring respiratory conditions | level of humidity in breath in Exhaled Breath Condensate | immediately after the procedure (breathing into device) |
| To measure the breath temperature in EBC in patients with a range of commonly occurring respiratory conditions | temperature of breath in Exhaled Breath Condensate | immediately after the procedure (breathing into device) |
| To measure CO2 waveform in patients with a range of commonly occurring respiratory conditions | exhaled CO2 waveform | immediately after the procedure (breathing into device) |
| To measure intrathoracic pressure in patients with a range of commonly occurring respiratory conditions | intrathoracic pressure | immediately after the procedure (breathing into device) |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Participants with respiratory disease or healthy controls as defined in the inclusion and exclusion criteria
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust | Portsmouth | PO6 3LY | United Kingdom |
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| ID | Term |
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| D012120 | Respiration Disorders |
| ID | Term |
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| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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