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Use of High Frequency Chest Compression in Pediatric Status Asthmaticus

NCT00552448 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2016-09-14

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Summary

Asthma is a disease resulting in mucus hypersecretion and airways obstruction. This causes difficulty breathing. The High Frequency Chest Compressor (HFCC) is a device that has been shown to decrease respiratory complications in individuals with severe disability who are unable to clear airway secretions. There is a lack of studies using this device in children with asthma. The device has been shown in a study to be safe in children with asthma. The investigators propose that using this device in our pediatric patients hospitalized in the pediatric ICU with asthma will result in decreased pediatric ICU stay. The investigators will also look at asthma severity, total days of hospital stay and chest discomfort while on therapy.

Conditions

  • Pediatric, Asthma, Acute Exacerbation, Pediatric ICU

Interventions

DEVICE

High Frequency Chest Compression VEST

every 6 hours for 20 minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Adaobi C Kanu, MD · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-07-31
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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