Evaluation of the Utility of Minocycline as an Anti-Inflammatory Agent in the Treatment of Asthma

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Trial of effects of minocycline as "add-on" therapy to adults with asthma with a history of requiring at least one episode of oral steroid therapy to control the disease.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
• Treatments: Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Minocycline

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult asthmatics

• History of or current use of oral steroids to control symptoms

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women