The Asthma trials we are currently recruiting for are as follows (Summer 2008):
Protocol Name: The Study of Acid Reflux in Children with Asthma
Sponsor: ALA- ACRC / NIH
PI: John Mastronarde, MD / Jonathan Parsons, MD
Coordinator: David Cosmar
Synopsis: Study to see if treating adolescent asthmatics with Prevacid improves asthma control
Protocol Name: The Asthma Registry for Contact and Possible Participation in a Future Asthma Research Study
Sponsor: Pulmonary Division/ OSU Asthma Center
PI: John Mastronarde, MD / Jonathan Parsons, MD
Coordinator: David Cosmar
Synopsis: Asthma registry for patients diagnosed with asthma who may be eligible for future studies
Protocol Name: Mechanisms of exercise induced bronchospasm
Sponsor: OSU Asthma Center/NIH
PI: Jonathan Parsons, MD/ John Mastronarde, MD
Coordinator: David Cosmar
Synopsis: We plan on comparing markers of inflammation in asthmatic participants with and without EIB at baseline and after bronchoprovocation with eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation testing (EVH).
Protocol Name: Micro RNA signatures in acute asthma exacerbations
Sponsor: PulmonaryDivision/OSU Asthma Center
PI: Clay Marsh, MD; John Mastronarde, MD ; Melissa Hunter, Phd
Coordinator: David Cosmar
Synopsis: This is a non-randomized, cohort study of the patterns of microvesicles in the serum of participants with atopic and non-atopic asthma.