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Auto-titrating Oxygen in Chronic Respiratory Failure

NCT02248064 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2023-11-28

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Summary

Long term oxygen therapy (LTOT) increases the life span of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who have low oxygen levels. However, even when on oxygen therapy at home, from time to time patients still have low oxygen levels especially when walking which can be harmful.

The investigators have designed a new system of delivering oxygen to overcome the above problem. The system measures the oxygen saturations of a patient and subsequently adjust the flow of oxygen to meet a pre-set oxygen saturation target.

Hypothesis: the investigators intelligent oxygen therapy system is better at reducing low levels of oxygen during a 6 minute walk than usual ambulatory oxygen for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Auto-titrating oxygen system

The auto-titrating oxygen system contains a number of components working together to produce variable oxygen flow. An oximeter measures the oxygen saturation of a patient and via Bluetooth this is relayed to a control centre in a mobile phone. This in turn regulates a flow meter which adjust oxygen flow.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Imperial College London

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anita K Simonds, MBBS MD FRCP · Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-11-30
Completion
2015-11-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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Diseases

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