Extract

The objective of the study is to evaluate the clinical utility and the feasibility, in an outpatient setting, of sputum induction using hypertonic saline. This study will also study pilot techniques on a sub using a sub-sample to assess the lower airway inflammatory cells and markers in relation to new emerging organisms in cystic fibrosis (CF) and antibiotic therapy in CF.

Inclusion criteria

• Cystic fibrosis

Links

• nct
• ictrp