Six-Minute Walk Test Comparing Helium/Oxygen to Nitrogen/Oxygen for COPD Rehabilitation

NCT01355809 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3

Last updated 2014-08-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate effects of inspired gas mixtures on the distance walked by patients with severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) during a Six-Minute Walk test.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Interventions

DRUG

Inhalation gas

Inhalated gas, medicinal oxygen 100% via NIV with Fi O2 0.35, one time by random, 6 minutes

DRUG

Inhalation Nitrogen/Oxygen

Inhalated gas, Nitrogen/Oxygen (65%/35%), one time by random, 6 minutes

DRUG

Inhalation Helium/Oxygen

Inhalated gas, Helium/Oxygen (65%/35%) one time by random, 6 minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg GmbH

    collaborator OTHER
  • Air Liquide SA

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Karl HAUSSINGER, Prof Dr Med · Asklepios fachkliniken München-Gauting

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2011-05-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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