{"id":36444,"date":"2025-08-15T15:41:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=36444"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:01:31","slug":"respiratory-distress-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/respiratory-distress-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Distress Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy-nbsp\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a rapidly evolving, therapeutic technology that could transform the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with respiratory distress syndrome. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where the beams converge, pulsed focused ultrasound produces an enhanced homing of injected umbilical stem cells, which can enhance the treatment of this disease. These stem cells can then mature to aid in the success in treating this disease. The work was done in a preclinical setting, and&nbsp; there is still much to be done before this technology will be widely available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary options for treatment of respiratory distress syndrome include medications and respiratory support.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a non-invasive addition to conventional care.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound is non-invasive, so it does not carry added concerns like surgical wound healing or infection.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It can be repeated, if necessary.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials-nbsp\">Clinical Trials&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the present time, there are no clinical trials recruiting patients for focused ultrasound treatment of respiratory distress syndrome.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Respiratory%20Distress%20Syndrome&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regulatory-approval-and-reimbursement-nbsp-nbsp\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for respiratory distress syndrome is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers-nbsp\">Notable Papers&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wang BY, Zhang X, Li TT, Qin WW, Liu X, Lu KM, Sun LX, Han W.<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40713863\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ultrasound\u202fassisted\u202fhoming\u202fof human umbilical cord\u202fmesenchymal\u202fstem\u202fcells\u202fpromotes recovery from acute respiratory distress syndrome.<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>Stem Cell Res Ther. 2025 Jul 26;16(1):407. doi: 10.1186\/s13287-025-04545-6. PMID:\u202f40713863\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wang Y, Wang H, Tan J, Cao Z, Wang Q, Wang H, Yue S, Li W, Wang D.<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40465163\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Therapeutic effect of\u202fmesenchymal\u202fstem\u202fcells\u202fand their derived exosomes in diseases.<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>Mol Biomed. 2025 Jun 4;6(1):34. doi: 10.1186\/s43556-025-00277-4. PMID:\u202f40465163&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Click<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=%28%22focused+ultrasound%22+OR+%22HIFU%22+OR+%22LOFU%22+OR+%22LIFU%22%29+and+%22respiratory%22&amp;sort=date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u202ffor additional references from PubMed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"sw_disease_condition_cat":[58],"sw_disease_condition_stage":[14],"class_list":["post-36444","sw_disease_condition","type-sw_disease_condition","status-publish","hentry","sw_disease_condition_cat-respiratory"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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