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Endobronchial Valves in Moderate COPD

NCT01969734 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 7

Last updated 2017-05-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Despite the best medical therapy many people with emphysema remain breathless and limited in their daily activities. In emphysema the lungs do not empty properly when the person breathes out. This "gas trapping" makes it harder to breathe. Endobronchial valve placement, a treatment that stops air getting into the worst affected parts of the lung and so stops them from trapping gas, improves lung function, breathlessness and exercise capacity in selected patients with severe COPD (chronic obstructive airways disease, sometimes referred to as emphysema). We want to see if people with less severe COPD who are very breathless can benefit from the same treatment. The treatment involves placing small valves into the airways using a fibre optic camera (a bronchoscopy). Bronchoscopy is a standard clinical procedure carried out in our department.

Conditions

  • Moderate COPD

Interventions

DEVICE

Zephyr endobronchial valve placement

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-03-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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