Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Effect of Introducing a Positive Expiratory Pressure Device During Inhalation of Hypertonic Saline in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis: a Randomized Crossover Trial.
Brief Summary: This trial aims to analyze whether the inhalation of hypertonic saline combined with a positive expiratory pressure (PEP) device increases the amount of sputum expectorated during the chest physiotherapy session ( inhalation + bronchial drainage).


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Pass the inhalation test
* Chronic sputum production, at least ≥ 10 ml /24h
* Cystic Fibrosis (CF) diagnosed ( established by genotype or sweat sodium\>70 mmol/l or sweat chloride of\>60 mmol/l)
* Clinically stable at the time of recruitment (defined as no requirement for antibiotics or change in respiratory medication in the preceding 4 weeks)
* Trained in the use of autogenic drainage technique (at least 6 months)
* Inhaling hypertonic saline since at least 6 months
* To be able to provide written, informed consent and perform the protocol and the evaluations

Exclusion Criteria:

* Active massive hemoptysis during the previous 2 months
* Patient in transplantation or retransplantation list
* Patient already participating in another study at the same time
B: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female patients with a documented diagnosis of CF aged ≥18 years.
2. Written informed consent.
3. At least day 10 - 14 of IV antibiotic therapy during a hospital admission for a pulmonary exacerbation.
4. Patients must be able to perform acceptable spirometric manoeuvres, according to the American Thoracic Society/ERS (ATS/ERS) standards (Miller, Hankinson et. al. 2005).
5. Patient with an FEV1% predicted of ≥ 40%predicted (Stanojevic, Wade et al. 2008).
6. Patients who are productive of sputum from screening visit to study visit 1 (≥10g over 24 hours).
7. Patients who have been prescribed HTS (Nebusal 7%) and have successfully completed a challenge test.
8. Any other chronic medication must have commenced therapy 4 weeks prior to screening and be willing to continue this therapy for the entire duration of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Day 1-9 of IV antibiotic therapy during a hospital admission.
2. Patients who are colonized with Burkholderia cepacia complex.
3. Patient who are HTS naive.
4. Patients who have an intolerance to HTS.
5. Patients who are currently participating in another study or have participated in another study with an investigational drug within one month of screening.
6. Clinically significant disease or medical condition other than CF or CF-related conditions that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would compromise the safety of the patient or the quality of the data.

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C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Have given written informed consent to participate in this study in accordance with local regulations
2. Have a confirmed diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (positive sweat chloride value ≥ 60 mEq/L) and/or genotype with two identifiable mutations consistent with CF, accompanied by one or more clinical features consistent with the CF phenotype)
3. Be aged \> 6 years old
4. Have FEV1 \>40 % and \< 90% predicted
5. Be able to perform all the techniques necessary to measure lung function

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Investigators, site personnel directly affiliated with this study, or their immediate families. Immediate family is defined as a spouse, parent, child or sibling, whether biologically or legally adopted.
2. Be considered "terminally ill" or eligible for lung transplantation
3. Have had a lung transplant
4. Be using nebulized hypertonic saline in the 4 weeks prior to visit 1
5. Have had a significant episode of hemoptysis (\>60 mL) in the three months prior to enrolment
6. Have had a myocardial infarction in the three months prior to enrolment
7. Have had a cerebral vascular accident in the three months prior to enrolment
8. Have had major ocular surgery in the three months prior to enrolment
9. Have had major abdominal, chest or brain surgery in the three months prior to enrolment
10. Have a known cerebral, aortic or abdominal aneurysm
11. Be breast feeding or pregnant, or plan to become pregnant while in the study
12. Be using an unreliable form of contraception (female subjects at risk of pregnancy only)
13. Be participating in another investigative drug study, parallel to, or within 4 weeks of visit 0
14. Have a known allergy to mannitol
15. Be using beta blockers
16. Have uncontrolled hypertension - systolic BP \> 190 and / or diastolic BP \> 100
17. Have a condition or be in a situation which in the Investigator's opinion may put the subject at significant risk, may confound results or may interfere significantly with the patient's participation in the study
18. Be 'Mannitol Tolerance Test positive'

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D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of CF as defined by two or more clinical features of CF and a documented sweat chloride concentration \> 60 mEq/L and/or two well characterized disease causing CFTR gene mutations
* 14 years of age and older at enrollment
* Clinically stable at enrollment
* Ability to comply with medication use, study visits and study procedures
* FEV1 % predicted \> 40% \< 80 % as calculated by reference equations

Exclusion Criteria:

* Respiratory culture positive for: B. cepacia complex within past year or at screening
* Use of systemic corticosteroids within 30 days of screening
* Use of intravenous antibiotics or oral quinolones within 14 days of screening
* History of biliary cirrhosis, portal hypertension, or splenomegaly
* Other major organ dysfunction
* History of lung transplantation or currently on lung transplant list
* Supplemental oxygen therapy
* Oxygen saturation \< 95 % on room air
* Positive pregnancy test at screening
* Investigational drug use within 30 days of screening
* History of alcohol, illicit drug or medication abuse within 1 year of screening
* Acute respiratory symptoms
* Inability to take any form of bronchodilator
* Wheezing at the time of study

Answer: A