Abstract: The present invention provides methods for enhancing or inducing airway epithelial repair and/or regeneration and/or for the normalization of airway epithelial remodeling, using local deposition of one or more pro-regenerative factors, preferably a peptide or protein from the trefoil family factor (TFF) family. The pro-regenerative factor is administered to a patient as a treatment of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, Cystic fibrosis, Asthma, Bronchiectasis, Panbronchiolitis, pneumonia, ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP), community acquired pneumonia (CAP), severe community acquired pneumonia (sCAP) and pneumocystis carinii or to patients suffering from lung damage reducing the function of the mucociliary transport system based on fully functioning cilia secondary to, e.g. inhalation of toxic fumes. The present invention also provide therapy and or prophylactic or preemptive, i.e.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the local pulmonary treatment of lung metastases and/or primary lung cancer, such as squamous lung cancer and/or small cell lung cancer, using local deposition of one or more agents capable of inhibiting angiogenesis and/or an agent that acts as an active anti-cancer agent and/or an active anti-metastatic agent. The agent capable of inhibiting angiogenesis and/or which acts as an active anti-cancer agent and/or an active anti-metastatic agent is administered to a patient with cancer as a treatment of said metastasis and/or cancer or to extend the lifespan for said cancer patient with reduced systemic side-effects compared to other treatment forms. The agent capable of inhibiting angiogenesis and/or which acts as an active anti-cancer agent and/or an active anti-metastatic agent is administered intratracheal, intrabronchial, intraalveolar or broncioalveolar.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating a bacterial infection and/or bacterial airway colonization in a subject by administering via pulmonary administration an effective amount of fosfomycin as the only active pharmaceutical ingredient. Methods of the present invention are useful in treating bacterial pneumonia infection of any type and/or airway colonization, cystic fibrosis with bacterial infection and/or bacterial lung and/or airway colonization.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for enhancing pulmonary host defense in a subject by administering via inhalation an effective amount of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor or a functional homologue thereof. Methods of the present invention are useful in alleviating symptoms and/or treating pulmonary diseases or conditions including, but not limited to lung cancer, pneumocystis carinii, pneumonia with or without bacterial, fungal and/or viral infection including but not limited to community acquired pneumonia, nosocomial pneumonia or ventilator associated pneumonia, and or cystic fibrosis with or without bacterial, fungal and/or viral infection or colonization, bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Diffuse panbronchiolitis, Bronchiolitis, Bronchiolitis obliterans, Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) and/or bacterial, fungal and/or viral colonization or infection.