Can a single protein explain Asthma's many faces?
NCT ID NCT07786870
First seen Aug 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at a protein called TSLP, which is involved in airway inflammation, and its two forms (short and long) in people with different types of asthma. Researchers will measure TSLP levels in blood and nasal cells from 70 adults with asthma and compare them to healthy controls. The goal is to see if TSLP patterns relate to asthma severity, control, and specific features like allergy or inflammation type. This could help tailor future asthma treatments to individual patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help identify which asthma patients might benefit most from TSLP-targeting therapies, potentially leading to more personalized treatment approaches.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, so it cannot prove cause and effect. The findings may not apply to all asthma patients, and the results depend on accurate measurement of TSLP levels in samples.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with severe asthma, with different asthma phenotypes (allergic and non-allergic asthma; eosinophilic, neutrophilic, and paucigranulocytic asthma; early-onset and late-onset asthma; obesity-associated asthma; cough-variant asthma).
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
1. Inclusion criteria * age \> 18 years, without the upper age limit, * asthma (diagnosis in accordance with the GINA 2023 guidelines), 2. Exclusion criteria * other respiratory diseases (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease \[COPD\]); * active cigarette smoking or a smoking history of \>10 pack-years; * active malignancy; * active pulmonary tuberculosis or active respiratory tract infection; * use of antibiotics within 4 weeks prior to study enrollment; * current long-term home oxygen therapy (\>15 hours per day); * current treatment with monoclonal antibody therapies (e.g., omalizumab, mepolizumab, reslizumab, dupilumab, tezepelumab, or other biologics); * pregnancy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases and Allergy, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland,
RECRUITINGWarsaw, Warsaw, 02-097, Poland