The Effect of Cycling Off Criteria During Pressure Support Ventilation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients

NCT00141440 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2009-12-30

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Summary

The investigators' aim is to study the effect of cycling off criteria during pressure support ventilation in COPD patients at two levels of PEEP and PSV.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

mechanical ventilation

evaluated the effect of two different cycling off criteria on breathing pattern, respiratory effort, and gas exchange in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Policlinico Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • davide chiumello, md · Policlinico Hospital

  • Davide Chiumello, MD · Policlinico

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-03-31
Completion
2007-03-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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