NCT03256773Active, not recruiting
High Resolution Micro OCT Imaging
Imaging of Human Epithelial Airway Using a High Resolution Micro OCT Catheter (Functional Anatomic Imaging of CF Patients With Early Lung Disease Using Micro OCT)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to learn about using the imaging to make images of the lungs and nose with the long-term goal of the research leading to potential treatments and new therapies for patients with cystic fibrosis.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 160 (actual)
- First submitted
- 18 Aug 2017
- Start date
- 15 Apr 2016
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Diseases
- Cystic fibrosis, COPD
- NCT number
- NCT03256773
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 160
- From 15 Apr 2016 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- THE INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Patients diagnosed with CF or healthy normal controls with no respiratory disease
- Patients must be over the age of 14
- Patient must be able to give informed consent
- THE EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Patients with recent respiratory infection requiring antibiotics or corticosteroids in the last 4 weeks (excluding routine perioperative antibiotics)
- Patients with major sinus surgery that will alter the nasal anatomy and preclude imaging of the nares
- Any condition that in the opinion of the investigator will alter the safety of pilot testing in the operating room
- Female subjects who are pregnant
Age in the registry: 14 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Unknown status |
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