Asthma

Veritas Clinical Specialties starts study of new investigational outpatient asthma procedure

Published in Medical Device Business Week, January 24th, 2007

Researchers at Veritas Clinical Specialties announced the start of the AIR2 (Asthma Interventional Research) international, multicenter clinical trial to explore a new investigational asthma treatment.

The study, which will take place at St. Francis Health Center, focuses on a procedure called bronchial thermoplasty to treat asthma. This procedure uses thermal energy to reduce the amount of smooth muscle in the airway that contributes to the constriction during an asthma attack. Early patient data from trials outside the United States suggest it may hold promise for moderate and severe asthmatic patients.

Asthma is a disease involving greater than...

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Source: Medical Device Business Week (2007-01-24)

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