Nasal Inhalation of Dornase Alfa (Pulmozyme) in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis and Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Summary

Rhinosinusitis disorders are often associated with Cystic Fibrosis. They can restrict quality of life enormously and give cause to repeated ENT surgery. The basic defect in CF is a dysfunction of Chloride channels in exocrine glands, leading to retention of secretions and consecutive chronic inflammation with bacterial superinfections. The prospective placebo controlled cross-over study aims at the evaluation of the efficacy of a nasally inhalation of Pulmozyme with respect to mucus retention and resulting inflammation.

Timeline

Start

2005-12

Primary completion

2006-05

Completion

2006-05

Publications

• Background Mainz JG, Schiller I, Ritschel C, Mentzel HJ, Riethmuller J, Koitschev A, Schneider G, Beck JF, Wiedemann B. Sinonasal inhalation of dornase alfa in CF: A double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over pilot trial. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2011 Apr;38(2):220-7. doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.09.001. Epub 2010 Oct 27.

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