Plain-English translation of NCT05496582 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Source last updated · Translation generated · How we translate trials
Read our Asthma research guide →Researchers want to understand how three specific proteins—transgelin-2, metallothionein-2, and ezrin—change in people with asthma. This study will compare blood samples from people diagnosed with asthma to healthy people without asthma, and look at how these protein changes connect to the tests doctors already use to diagnose and monitor asthma.
Doctors currently use several different tests to diagnose and track asthma, but scientists believe that looking at specific protein changes in the blood might give them a better way to understand and identify asthma. This research could eventually lead to simpler or more accurate ways to diagnose the condition.
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If you join this study, you would be asked to provide a blood sample, which the researchers will test to measure the three proteins they're studying. You would also complete standard asthma tests (like breathing tests and measurements of inflammation markers) that doctors normally use to diagnose asthma. The study compares results between people with asthma and healthy volunteers to understand how these proteins relate to asthma.
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China
Sponsor
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Collaborators
Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, National Natural Science Foundation of China
Enrollment target
~100 participants
Started
November 2022
Primary completion
August 2026
This trial's estimated completion date has passed — the record may not be fully up to date.
Age range
14 Years – 75 Years
Last updated on clinicaltrials.gov in May 2024.
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Central contact
Lei-Miao Yin, MD
Yueyang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese medicine
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