Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: A Prospective Feasibility Study to Evaluate the Safety and Performance of the Exhale(R) Drug-Eluting Stent System in Patients With Emphysema
Brief Summary: Current treatment for emphysema is limited to measures that include inhaled oxygen, bronchodilators, anti-inflammatory drugs and pulmonary rehabilitation. Highly invasive procedures such as lung volume reduction surgery or lung transplantation are also performed. Treatment using the Exhale Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) is a minimally invasive bronchoscopic treatment that has the potential to reduce shortness of breath in emphysema patients. This study tests the safety and effects of Exhale DES in the treatment of patients with emphysema.