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This sounds like it will be another great tool - when it is available. As far as I can tell, the full report does not exist yet.
Take a look at this diagram:
https://www.beyondair.net/pipeline/
Let's translate the steps:
Preclinical - up to 3 years - the planning and proposal stage - getting permission to try on humans, manufacturing prototypes, getting candidates (done)
Pilot - usually 1-2 years- the initial small study - in this case it was 15 patients in Australia (almost done - data needs to be analyzed)
Pivotal - usually 2-3 years -the FDA required Phase III Clinical study - more people, more places, broader population, longer duration, with follow-up for long-term effectiveness and risks (paperwork undoubtedly started and awaiting final data from step 2)
PreMarket Approval - usually 2-3 years - Complete documentation to the FDA which is then reviewed
Commercial - ??? - funding, manufacturing & getting health insurance to cover.

Optimistically, I would say we are at least 5 years away from this treatment being even available. If NJH, Mayo, University of Texas - Tyler or another Lung Center gets involved, it is possible their patients could get into the clinical trials.
Let's hope this is going to be an option going forward!
Sue

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Thank you SAINT SUE for sorting through all that data.
I received an email from them saying the study was completed (???), so I didn’t realize it would take so long to jump through all those other hoops. Rats….

Someone did finally call back this morning, and they said they think the sputum samples have not matured yet in the lab, they will research it and get back to me. I will ask them how long they think it will take to finish the whole testing shebang.
It says on that pipeline under home use for NTM that the full data is in.
Both the safety aspect (so far so good) and the sputum
results will be our guide if this is worth pursuing.