Study of Nicotine Patches in Patients With Sarcoidosis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare peoples with disease (sarcoidosis) to those without disease. We want to see if people with sarcoidosis have a different immune response to those people without disease. The goal of this study is to see if the nicotine patch is an anti-inflammatory treatment for sarcoidosis.

Timeline

Start

2008-07

Primary completion

2010-12-31

Completion

2010-12-31

Publications

• Background Julian MW, Shao G, Schlesinger LS, Huang Q, Cosmar DG, Bhatt NY, Culver DA, Baughman RP, Wood KL, Crouser ED. Nicotine treatment improves Toll-like receptor 2 and Toll-like receptor 9 responsiveness in active pulmonary sarcoidosis. Chest. 2013 Feb 1;143(2):461-470. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-0383.

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