New home device may cut lung Flare-Ups in bronchiectasis patients
NCT ID NCT07135284
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 200 adults with bronchiectasis who use the LibAirty airway clearance system at home as part of their regular care. Researchers want to see how often lung flare-ups happen over a year. Participants fill out short questionnaires and have their medical records reviewed during routine clinic visits.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- LibAirty airway clearance system (a device that helps clear mucus from the lungs)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could show that using the LibAirty device at home helps reduce lung flare-ups and improves quality of life for people with bronchiectasis.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled trial, so results may be influenced by other factors. The device is already prescribed as part of usual care, so the study cannot prove cause and effect.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adults with bronchiectasis who have been prescribed the LibAirty airway clearance system as part of their standard care. Participants will be identified and recruited from outpatient pulmonary or respiratory clinics affiliated with participating study sites.
- Ages
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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Have a radiological diagnosis of Bronchiectasis based on high resolution chest CT scan 2. Have bronchiectasis characterized by either: * Daily productive cough (as determined by a treating physician) * OR Available documentation from the last 12 months of 2 or more pulmonary exacerbations requiring antibiotic therapy 3. Be at age ≥ 21 years 4. Prescribed and receives the LibAirty system for home use 5. Be on a standard of care treatment plan that includes at least one physician encounter every 6 months 6. No change in treatment for Bronchiectasis in the 2-month period prior to enrollment 7. Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Inability to independently perform therapy with the LibAirty system as directed 2. Any other condition that, in the opinion of the PI, could jeopardize the safety of the subject or impact the validity of the study results. 3. Pregnancy or planned pregnancy during the expected duration of the trial (12 months).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emory University School Of Medicine
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States
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Medical University of South Carolina
RECRUITINGCharleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
RECRUITINGBirmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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