Gum treatment may lower lung flare-ups in bronchiectasis patients
NCT ID NCT02514226
First seen Jul 29, 2026 · Last updated Jul 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether treating gum disease can reduce bacteria that cause lung infections in people with bronchiectasis. Participants with both conditions will receive either basic cleaning, deep cleaning, or deep cleaning plus light therapy. Researchers will measure bacteria in saliva, gum pockets, sputum, and nasal fluid over one year to see if gum treatment lowers the risk of lung flare-ups.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- periodontal treatment (scaling and root planing with or without photodynamic therapy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a way to reduce lung infections and hospital visits in people with bronchiectasis by treating gum disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 30 participants per group, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefit for lung health is uncertain, and the procedures may cause temporary gum discomfort.
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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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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2016
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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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35 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: * Patients must have \> 35 years, both genders, \> 10 teeth with chronic moderate generalized periodontal disease , i.e. more than 30% of teeth examined with ≥ 4 mm probing depth. Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria include smokers or former smokers for less than five years, pregnant, people with cystic fibrosis and asthma, phenytoin or cyclosporine users (because they affect periodontal status), decompensated systemic diseases requiring prophylactic antibiotic therapy for periodontal treatment, who used oral antiseptics or anti-inflammatory in the last 3 months, or periodontal treatment performed in the last 6 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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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InCor Heart Institute
São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-900, Brazil
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