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Asthma Clinical Trial in Bethesda MD
Are you healthy and looking to help advance medical science?
You may be eligible to participate in a asthma clinical study, and could be compensated for your time.
Are you healthy and looking to help advance medical science? You may be eligible to participate in a asthma clinical study, and could be compensated for your time.
Recruiting
Male & Female
18 - 100
Years old
Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is a procedure which involves passing a pencil-thin tube into the lung in order to collect fluid and cells from the airways. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy can collect cells from the walls of airways by gently brushing them (bronchial brushing). In addition, squirting small amounts of sterile water in to the airway and gently suctioning it back into the bronchoscope (bronchoalveolar lavage) collects cells. In this study, researchers plan to perform these tests on patients with asthma and normal volunteers. This research may help to improve the understanding of the processes involved in airway inflammation and asthma.