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Evaluation of the Role of Nocturnal Non-Invasive Ventilation in Pulmonary Rehabilitation

NCT00710463 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2008-07-04

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Summary

Hypothesis: Hospital based, comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation of patients with COPD in GOLD stage IV can be optimized by application of nocturnal non invasive ventilation.

This hypotheses shall be tested by an observational trial, comparing rehabilitation effects of a prospectively observed group receiving non invasive ventilation, compared wiht a historical control group of patients who did received the same treatment without non invasive ventilation.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Interventions

DEVICE

non invasive ventilation (Resmed VPAP III ST-A, Respironics Harmony)

non invasive ventilation was performed with commercially available ventilators from the manufacturers Resmed and Respironics.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hannover Medical School

    collaborator OTHER

  • Deutsche Lungenstiftung e.V.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Klaus Kenn, MD · Klinikum Berchtesgadener Land

  • Ursula Schönheit-Kenn, ME · Klinikum Berchtesgadener Land

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-05-31
Primary Completion
2007-09-30
Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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