Tiny lungs, big secrets: microbiome study aims to unlock severe infant asthma
NCT ID NCT06044051
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at the bacteria (microbiomes) in the airways of infants under 2 years old with severe asthma. Researchers will collect blood, nasal swabs, and sputum samples to understand how these microbiomes relate to the disease. The goal is to find new ways to improve care and discover potential treatments.
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 research could point toward new treatments for severe infant asthma, such as using azithromycin as an immune modulator.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It is small (100 infants) and early-stage, so findings may not lead directly to new therapies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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.
- Ages
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Up to 24 months
- 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: * Infants less than 24 months old * Follow-up by a pneumo-pediatrician for severe asthma in infants * Requiring etiological investigations and assessment of severity in day hospitalization, including bronchial fibroscopy (HAS 2009) * Parent informed of the research and having signed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Prematurity \<32 WA * Congenital heart disease with significant left to right shunt * Chronic respiratory disease other than infant asthma (cystic fibrosis, bronchiolitis obliterans) * Antibiotic therapy in progress or administered the seven days preceding the date of inclusion (day hospitalization) * Refusal of bronchial fibroscopy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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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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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rouen University Hospital
RECRUITINGRouen, France
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