Nutrition for Asthmatics

Description

Determine to what extent three distinct dietary approaches improve asthma control and lung function.

Conditions

Asthma

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Study Details

Study overview

Determine to what extent three distinct dietary approaches improve asthma control and lung function.

Individualized Nutrition to Help Asthmatics Improve Lung Function and Energetics (INHALE)

Nutrition for Asthmatics

Condition
Asthma
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Baton Rouge

Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age: 18-65 years
  • * BMI: 18.5 - 29.99 kg/m2
  • * asthma diagnosed by medical specialist (confirmed in medical history)
  • * partly controlled or uncontrolled asthma by Asthma Control Test score ≤22
  • * owns a device compatible with ZEPHYRx platform
  • * stable asthma medication use (no change in the past 2 months).
  • * Diabetes or using diabetes medications that may lower blood glucose levels
  • * point of care fasting blood glucose ≥126 mg/dl or triglycerides ≥400 mg/dl
  • * current smoking or smoking history of greater than 10 pack-years
  • * other significant respiratory or cardiac disease or the presence of clinically important comorbidities, e.g., COPD, renal failure, liver disease; uncontrolled hypertension defined as systolic blood pressure ≥160 mm/Hg, or diastolic blood pressure ≥100 mm/Hg
  • * pregnant or nursing women
  • * food preferences or allergies inconsistent with study diet capabilities
  • * noncompliance with lead-in period requirements.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Pennington Biomedical Research Center,

Jacob T Mey, PhD, RD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Study Record Dates

2027-03-01