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Comparing Different Ways of Delivering Humidity to Children With Croup

NCT00230841 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 129

Last updated 2013-08-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Croup affects 5% of children under 6 years of age, resulting in visits to hospital Emergency Departments, and in 1% of children, hospitalization. Traditionally, the first therapy offered is humidification which can liquify airway secretions and decrease airway swelling. This study will compare the effectivenesss of 40% and 100% humidity through a specially designed machine called a nebulizer, with the usual humidity set-up (blown into the patient's face from a hose).

Conditions

  • Croup

Interventions

DEVICE

nebulized humidity

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dennis Scolnik, MD · The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Months
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-09-30
Completion
2004-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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