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Is Combined Respiratory Muscle Training, Incorporating Inspiratory and Expiratory Training, Feasible in Adult Critical-care Patients?

NCT07055789 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2026-03-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background: Respiratory muscle weakness is a recognised consequence of mechanical ventilation in critical care. This weakness can have implications for patients, leading to prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS), with worse mortality and morbidity outcomes. The aim of this trial is to assess the safety and feasibility of a combined respiratory muscle training (RMST) intervention for respiratory muscle strengthening, in adult critical care patients receiving or recently liberated from mechanical ventilation.

Methods: This prospective single-arm feasibility study will be conducted in Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) ICU. Ethical approval will be sought from TUH ethics committee with sponsorship from (RCSI) Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. Informed consent will be sought from all eligible patients. Participants will receive a combined RMST intervention in addition to usual care. The primary feasibility outcomes of recruitment, adherence and retention will be reported. Secondary clinical outcomes of respiratory muscle strength (maximal inspiratory / expiratory pressure) and cough strength (peak cough flow) will be assessed at recruitment and weekly up to week three. Therapist perception of service usability will be assessed using the service usability survey.

Conditions

  • Critical Illness Myopathy
  • Critical Illness

Interventions

OTHER

Combined respiratory muscle training, incorporating both inspiratory and expiratory muscle training

IMT: Inspiratory Muscle Training EMST: Expiratory Muscle Strength Training RMST: Respiratory Muscle Strength Training In this trial we are combining both IMT and EMST in the intervention group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tallaght University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eimear McCormack · Tallaght University Hospital & Royal College of Surgeons Ireland

  • Yvelynne Kelly, Doctor · Tallaght University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-01
Primary Completion
2026-02-28
Completion
2026-03-12

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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