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Intermittent Positive-Pressure Breathing Effects in Patients With High Spinal Cord Injury

NCT00476866 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2007-05-22

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Summary

Background: To determine whether intermittent positive-pressure breathing (IPPB) improved lung compliance, work of breathing, and respiratory function in patients with recent high spinal cord injury (SCI).

Methods: Two months of IPPB and two months of conventional treatment have to evaluated prospectively in random order in 14 patients with SCI. Noninvasive lung function tests and arterial blood gas measurements have to be obtained repeatedly. Repeated measurements of dynamic compliance and work of breathing have to be performed in 7 of the 14 patients.

Conditions

  • Central Cord Injury Syndrome
  • Central Spinal Cord Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

intermittent positive-pressure breathing (IPPB)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Versailles

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Frédéric Lofaso, MD PhD · Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and University of Versailles

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-12-31
Completion
2005-03-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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