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Feasibility of Telesurveillance and Home Cough Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Patients (ALS)

NCT00613899 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2016-02-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators want to test feasibility of a structured program of telesurveillance and home cough assistance for ALS patients.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

telesurveillance

A telesurveillance program for cough assistance will be approched by the use of an in-exoflator device. Measurement of oxygen saturation (SpO2) will be performed by a Nonin 9500 oxymeter (Minneapolis Plymouth USA).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • michele vitacca, MD · FSM IRCCS Lumezzane

  • michele vitacca, MD · FSM IRCCS LUmezzane (BS) ITALY

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2008-10-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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Diseases

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