Montelukast in Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome

Summary

Chronic rejection (or Bronchiolitis Obliterans syndrome-BOS) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity after lung transplantation. Because montelukast has been shown to be of some efficacy in a similar disease (Obliterative Bronchiolitis after bone marrow transplantation), the investigators would like to test if montelukast can indeed slow down the progression of chronic rejection after lung transplantation.

Timeline

Start

2010-10

Primary completion

2015-03

Completion

2015-03

Publications

• Background Or R, Gesundheit B, Resnick I, Bitan M, Avraham A, Avgil M, Sacks Z, Shapira MY. Sparing effect by montelukast treatment for chronic graft versus host disease: a pilot study. Transplantation. 2007 Mar 15;83(5):577-81. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000255575.03795.df.
• Background Vanaudenaerde BM, Meyts I, Vos R, Geudens N, De Wever W, Verbeken EK, Van Raemdonck DE, Dupont LJ, Verleden GM. A dichotomy in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation revealed by azithromycin therapy. Eur Respir J. 2008 Oct;32(4):832-43. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00134307.

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