Blood cell study may personalize asthma and sinusitis treatment
NCT ID NCT04187976
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at different types of immune cells (eosinophils) in the blood of people with asthma, chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps, or both, compared to healthy volunteers. The goal was to find patterns that could help doctors choose the best targeted therapy for each patient. The study involved 70 participants and has already been completed.
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 doctors choose the right biologic treatment for patients with asthma or sinusitis based on their specific immune profile.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed observational study, not a treatment trial. The findings may not lead to immediate changes in care or apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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70 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2020
- Finished
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Oct 2023
- 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
All patients for the study will be targeted either during hospitalization in Pneumology for uncontrolled asthma patients, during ENT visit for scheduling of sinus surgery (recalcitrant CRSwNP). The healthy subjects are going to be screened in the Clinical Investigation Center of the University Hospital of Lille. Subjects will be contacted by phone after selection in the database.
- Ages
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18 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: For all groups: * Social insured patient * Patient willing to comply with all procedures of the study and its duration * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form prior to any study specific procedure For Group 1: \- Patients with moderate to severe uncontrolled asthma, confirmed by relevant clinical symptoms and proven variable airway obstruction, and assessed by an expert pulmonologist according to spirometry criteria (absolute and weighed Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV) and Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) before and after 2 test),(see CRF for details). Uncontrolled asthma will be defined by an ACQ score ≥ 1.5. or acute exacerbation For Groups 2 and 3: * Patients with medically refractory bilateral sino-nasal polyposis requiring sinus surgery, according to an expert rhinologist. CRSwNP diagnosis is based on the presence of bilateral nasal polyps from both side of middle turbinates on nasoendoscopy and bilateral sinus opacification on CT scan. Briefly, CRSwNP is considered as refractory when symptoms are still not controlled after 3 courses of oral corticosteroid and double dose of nasal corticosteroid during the last 12 months * Patients with both uncontrolled asthma and recalcitrant CRSwNP with or without concomitant aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) (group 3) For Group 4: \- Healthy subjects without any airway disease or any atopic status, as assessed by a questionnaire and a medical examination Exclusion Criteria: For all groups: * Patients with any other form of secondary CRSwNP (eg, cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia). * Patients with any form of secondary severe asthma (eg (non)eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) * Patients taking or having taken systemic corticosteroid, leukotriene receptor antagonist, theophylline or long-term macrolide therapy within 1 month prior to sample collections, anti-immunoglobulin E therapy (omalizumab) anti-IL-5/5R or anti IL-4R/anti-IL13 therapies within 6 months before inclusion * Patients followed up for another inflammatory or auto-immune disease * Previous allogeneic bone marrow transplant * Patients with ongoing sub-cutaneous or sub-lingual anti-allergenic immunotherapies * Patients with active smoking or history of smoking \> 10 packages-year for asthma patients * Pregnant, breastfeeding, or lactating women * Non-coverage by the social security insurance * Patient unable to receive informed information * Refusal to sign the consent form * Unwillingness or inability to follow the study procedures, in the opinion of the investigator * Person deprived of the liberty * Person benefiting from a system of legal protection (guardianship…)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Lille
Lille, 59000, France
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