The purpose of this research study is to learn about how long hypertonic saline (HS) works in healthy subjects. Inhaled hypertonic saline is one of the medications used to treat Cystic Fibrosis (CF). In CF and more common lung diseases like chronic bronchitis, mucus builds up in the lungs. Hypertonic saline and other medications currently being developed may help patients with these lung diseases by speeding up mucus clearance from the lung. For these treatments to be effective, they likely need to be able to act for at lease several hours. Investigators are able to measure how lung treatments like hypertonic saline work by conducting a Mucociliary Clearance (MCC) scan. Currently, the investigators do not know how long hypertonic saline works in people who do not have CF. Investigators plan to use this information to improve the design and testing of new treatments for patients with chronic bronchitis. Objectives: 1. The investigators will use MCC measurements to determine the durability of action of hypertonic saline in healthy (i.e. non-CF) subjects. 2. The investigators will determine the intra- and inter-individual variability of baseline MCC measurements using a slow inhalation/large particle protocol in healthy subjects to guide future sample size calculations.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
2.8% NaCl x 4ml via nebulizer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Change in Whole Lung Mucociliary Clearance
The primary outcome of mucociliary clearance (MCC) will be depicted by calculating the average rate of isotope clearance (%) from the whole lung compartment, measured for 90 minutes after isotope inhalation (MCC-Ave 90), using data points collected every 10 minutes. Absolute change in MCC-Ave90 from baseline reported for each arm
Time frame: 30 minutes and 4 hours after inhalation
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