Evaluation of Rosiglitazone Anti-inflammatory Effect With FDG-PET Imaging

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to gain understanding of the basic responses of the lung to inflammation and specifically if a certain medication can reduce the inflammation alone or in combination with another. Inflammation is the way our bodies react to irritation or injury, and involves red, warm, and often painful swelling of the affected tissue. "Acute lung injury" involves inflammation that is not specific to one area of the lung and is caused by any one of several conditions: infection, trauma, breathing toxic substances, etc. When lung injury is severe, not enough oxygen can get into the body; this can lead to the need for mechanical support of breathing (mechanical ventilation), problems with brain, heart or other organ function, and in some cases, death.

Timeline

Start

2011-07

Primary completion

2014-03

Completion

2014-03

Publications

• Chen DL, Huang HJ, Byers DE, Shifren A, Belikoff B, Engle JT, Arentson E, Kemp D, Phillips S, Scherrer DE, Fujiwara H, Spayd KJ, Brooks FJ, Pierce RA, Castro M, Isakow W. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonist pioglitazone and 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor zileuton have no effect on lung inflammation in healthy volunteers by positron emission tomography in a single-blind placebo-controlled cohort study. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 7;13(2):e0191783. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191783. eCollection 2018.

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