Comparison Between Two Methods of Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT)

NCT00400881 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 122

Last updated 2017-06-09

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Summary

To compare a new mode of mechanical ventilation, Automatic Tube Compensation (ATC) with a traditional one, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure(CPAP), on its effectiveness for detecting patients no longer needing mechanical ventilation.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

automatic tube compensation

new mode of ventilation during spontaneous breathing trial. It is a mode of the same device (mechanical ventilator) where the pressure applied by the ventilator varies according to calculations o fthe mechanical properties of the respiratory system automatically performed by the ventilator.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Juan B Figueroa-Casas, MD · Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University HSC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2011-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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