Can a nasal air device calm Asthma's hidden nerve stress?
NCT ID NCT05704101
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This completed study looked at how nasal high-flow therapy (NHFT) affects breathing and the nervous system in 30 adults with asthma. Researchers measured nerve activity and heart rate to see if NHFT could reduce overactive stress signals. The goal was to gather knowledge, not to test a treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nasal high-flow therapy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help researchers understand whether nasal high-flow therapy might improve breathing and reduce stress on the nervous system in people with asthma.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on measuring body signals, not on treating asthma. The results may not lead to any new treatment or apply to all asthma patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- 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
Asthma patients (n=20) and Controls (n=10) patients without an established cardiovascular disease will be enrolled and the extent, nature and mechanism of SNA increase compared with healthy controls matched in a 2:1 ratio for age, sex and body mass index (BMI).
- Ages
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18 to 75 years
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Clinically diagnosed Asthma * Age ≥ 18 * Ability and willingness to give informed consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Atrial fibrillation * Active pacing of the heart by a cardiac pacemaker (i.e. no intrinsic heart rate) * Clinically pre-established cardiovascular disease or other pulmonary diseases (e.g. arterial hypertension, systolic heart failure, COPD) * In-patient stay in the hospital within the last 4 weeks prior to the study examination date * Severe polyneuropathy
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital RWTH Aachen-Department of Pneumology and Intensive Care
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 52074, Germany
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