The purpose of this research study is to gain understanding of the basic responses of the lung to inflammation and specifically if a certain medication can reduce the inflammation alone or in combination with another. Inflammation is the way our bodies react to irritation or injury, and involves red, warm, and often painful swelling of the affected tissue. "Acute lung injury" involves inflammation that is not specific to one area of the lung and is caused by any one of several conditions: infection, trauma, breathing toxic substances, etc. When lung injury is severe, not enough oxygen can get into the body; this can lead to the need for mechanical support of breathing (mechanical ventilation), problems with brain, heart or other organ function, and in some cases, death.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
39
600 mg tablets po QID for 5 days prior to endotoxin, stopping 24 hours after endotoxin instillation
Lactose filled gelatin capsule, size 00, 1 tablet po bid x 2 weeks prior to endotoxin instillation until 24 hours after endotoxin.
Placebo tablets provided by manufacturer of Zyflo CR (Cornerstone Therapeutics), 2 tablets po bid x 5 days prior to endotoxin instillation until 24 hours after endotoxin.
PPAR-gamma agonist
Washington University / Barnes Jewish Hospital
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Ki, measure of FDG uptake
Ki will be measured before and after endotoxin. Primary outcome measure is change in Ki (post- minus pre-endotoxin value) and absolute Ki after endotoxin.
Time frame: Before and after endotoxin
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid cell counts
Total and neutrophil cell counts obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage after endotoxin.
Time frame: After endotoxin
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