# The Effect of Inhaled N-Acetylcysteine Compared to Normal Saline on Sputum Rheology and Lung Function

> **NCT00996424** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University Hospital, Ghent** · enrollment: 19 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cystic Fibrosis

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Acetylcysteine
- **DRUG:** normal saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00996424
- **Lead sponsor:** University Hospital, Ghent
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2010-01
- **Primary completion:** 2010-09
- **Final completion:** 2010-12
- **Target enrollment:** 19 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Insufficient recruitment.
- **Last updated:** 2011-08-15

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00996424

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00996424, "The Effect of Inhaled N-Acetylcysteine Compared to Normal Saline on Sputum Rheology and Lung Function". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00996424. Licensed CC0.

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