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Telemedicine for Patients With Chronic Respiratory Insufficiency

NCT00563745 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2015-03-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In unstable patients needing oxygen and/or home mechanical ventilation, a nurse-centred TM programme (supported by continuous availability of a call centre and a pulsed oxygen system) is cost/effective saving health care resources.

Conditions

  • Chronic Respiratory Failure

Interventions

DEVICE

telemedicine program

One year TM with continuous (h 24) on call accessibility to a nurse and/or a pulmonologist, a web-based call centre and a pulse oxymetry tracing will be provided.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

    collaborator OTHER

  • Michele Vitacca

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michele Vitacca, MD · Fondazione S. Maugeri IRCCS

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-04-30
Primary Completion
2005-04-30
Completion
2007-04-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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