Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is defined as an impaired ability to move air within the lungs and is a major public health problem that is projected to rank fifth worldwide in terms of disease burden and third in terms of mortality. Chronic bronchitis (CB) is a common clinical phenotype within the umbrella of a COPD diagnosis and is classically defined as chronic cough and sputum production for 3 months a year for 2 consecutive years2, but many studies have used different definitions to define it- chronic cough and sputum production for one year or cough and sputum production on most days of the week. CB is associated with multiple clinical consequences, including; the worsening of lung function decline, increasing risk of acute exacerbations of COPD, increased risk of developing pneumonia, reduced health related quality of life, and an increase in all-cause mortality.
The RejuvenAir® System is a cryosurgical device that applies medical-grade liquid nitrogen to the treatment area via a radial head catheter in a small, accurately directed spray. Cryotherapy with the RejuvenAir® System is designed to induce a regenerative endobronchial tissue effect by: 1) destroying via cryotherapy the abnormal surface epithelium that has become overgrown with mucin producing goblet cells, 2) thus allowing normal bronchial epithelium with a regrowth of ciliated epithelial cells that will facilitate the removal of mucins from the bronchial airways and 3) lead to a reduction in chronic inflammation and its accompanying mucosal swelling with resultant increase in the treated airway diameter. This reversal of inflamed epithelium may also lessen systemic inflammation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
210
RejuvenAir Metered CryoSpray
Sham Control Procedure
Honor Health
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
El Camino Hospital
Mountain View, California, United States
University of California, Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, United States
Advanced Pulmonary Research Institute
Loxahatchee Groves, Florida, United States
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, Florida, United States
St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire
Change in St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) score from Baseline to 12 months
Time frame: 12 months
Subjects experiencing serious adverse events (SAEs) rated as probably or definitely related to the study device or procedure
Number of subjects experiencing one or more serious adverse events (SAEs) rated as probably or definitely related to the study device or procedure by the investigator within 30 days after either the first or second study procedure.
Time frame: Within 30 days after either the first or second study procedure
Reduction of cough
Reduction of cough from Baseline through 12 months
Time frame: Baseline through 12 months
Reduction of sputum
Reduction of sputum from Baseline through 12 months
Time frame: Baseline through 12 months
Acute Exacerbation Rate (AECOPD)
Acute Exacerbation rate (AECOPD, all severities) over 12 months
Time frame: 12 months
COPD assessment test (CAT) score
COPD assessment test (CAT) from Baseline through 12 months
Time frame: 12 months
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