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Lung Volume Recruitment for Lung Function and Cough Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis

NCT01891071 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2016-03-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease that can affect lung function and cough efficacy. This pilot study will examine whether the lung volume recruitment technique can slow down the decline in lung function and cough.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Lung volume recruitment

Inflation of the lungs to their maximal insufflation capacity by the consecutive delivery, by a manual resuscitator in this study, of volumes of air that are held with a closed glottis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Ottawa Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nadim Srour, MD, MSc · Université de Sherbrooke

  • Douglas A McKim, MD · The Ottawa Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2017-04-30
Completion
2017-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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