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Respiratory Drive Response in COPD Patients During Exercise With Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV).

Completed
Conditions
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Interventions
Other: Exercise with spontaneous ventilation.
Device: Exercise with NIV
Device: Exercise with HFNC
Registration Number
NCT04597606
Lead Sponsor
Javier Sayas Catalan
Brief Summary

A constant load exercise during 10 minutes will be performed in a group of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients, in a basal condition (spontaneous breathing); under noninvasive mask ventilation and with high flow nasal cannula. With the aim of reducing dyspnea, increasing exercise tolerance, and unload respiratory muscles, three exercises will be compared in terms of use of respiratory muscles and neural drive measured with paraesternal electromyography.

Detailed Description

Exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is limited by dynamic hyperinflation and respiratory muscle overloadleading to severe dyspnea. During exercise, the increase in neural respiratory drive is notable to match ventilatory demand, correlated with breathlessness. Non-Invasive Ventilation may improve neural respiratory drive uncoupling and exercise tolerance. The aim of this study will be prove if Non-Invasive Ventilation and High flow nasal cannula during exercise reduces neural respiratory drive and improves dyspnea, measured with paraesternal electromyography

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
12
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with severe COPD or cystic fibrosis (with an obstructive pattern and air trapping) on the waiting list for a lung transplant, assessed by the Lung Transplant Unit of the 12 de Octubre University Hospital.
  • Diagnostic criteria for COPD according to the GOLD and residual volume greater than 120% of theoretical
  • Evidence of developing dynamic air trapping by analyzing flow / volume curves during physical exercise.
  • Patients already adapted to home noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) waiting for transplantation.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Presence of comorbidities that limit the patient's physical effort capacity (uncontrolled ischemic heart disease, severe pulmonary hypertension, neuromuscular disease).
  • Refusal of treatment with NIV, or inclusion in the study.
  • Inability to perform the proposed exercise in basal conditions and with ventilation.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
CohortExercise with spontaneous ventilation.All patients will be performed a basal test that consist on continuous cyclergometer exercise, under constant load, with spontaneous breathing, after that the same exercise protocol performed will be carried out under non-invasive ventilation (NIV test). Parameters will be titrated previosuly. Finally the patient will perform the same exercise at a constant load under high flow oxygen therapy ( HFNC test).
CohortExercise with NIVAll patients will be performed a basal test that consist on continuous cyclergometer exercise, under constant load, with spontaneous breathing, after that the same exercise protocol performed will be carried out under non-invasive ventilation (NIV test). Parameters will be titrated previosuly. Finally the patient will perform the same exercise at a constant load under high flow oxygen therapy ( HFNC test).
CohortExercise with HFNCAll patients will be performed a basal test that consist on continuous cyclergometer exercise, under constant load, with spontaneous breathing, after that the same exercise protocol performed will be carried out under non-invasive ventilation (NIV test). Parameters will be titrated previosuly. Finally the patient will perform the same exercise at a constant load under high flow oxygen therapy ( HFNC test).
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in Neural ventilator (NVU) (%)24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours

the peak value (on the baseline) of the maximum muscle activity ( Root mean square EMG value in mV), both diaphragmatic (EMGDimax) and parasternal (EMGparamax) in the máximum intentional ventilation and maximum inspiratory peak (MIP) will be taken. This value will be consider 100% and based on this mean EMG will be calculate for a normalized EMGdi (RMS) and paraesternal in each ventilatory situation (spontaneous ventilation or under NIV). At each effort point (in each minute of the exercise protocol), the relationship between the normalized EMG value (parasternal and Diaphragmatic) and the tidal volume (obtained by integral of flow signal by means of a pneumotachograph connected to the VM -in NIV- or oronasal hermetic mask -in Vesp). To facilitate the interpretation of the expired TV, the mask without leakage will be used with the intentional leak connected in the circuit, before the pneumotachograph.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Total Training time (pedaling, minutes)During the exercise at day 4 ( 72 hours later than day 1)

Total Time that the patient remains pedaling

Stops (n)During the exercise at day 4 ( 72 hours later than day 1)

Number of stops that the patient performs during the test

Borg Scale Dyspnea evolution (points)72 hours later than day 1 (day 4) during the exercise every 60 seconds

Degree of dyspnea will be determined by this validated scale with a result between 1 and 10 points.0: Not at all 0.5: Very, very light (hardly noticeable) 1: Very light, 2: Light, 3: Moderate , 4: Somewhat intense, 5: Intense, 6: Between 5 and 7, 7: Very intense, 8: Between 7 and 9, 9: Very, very intense (almost maximum ), 10: Maximum

Transcutaneous pCO2 Final - inicial (mmHg)During the exercise at day 4 (72 hours later than day 1 )

Transcutaneous monitor uses a noninvasive technique to measure the skin-surface partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PtcCO2)

Ineffective efforts %During the exercise at day 4 ( 72 hours later than day 1)

Porcentage of ineffective efforts during the exercise

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Javier Sayas Catalan

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Madrid, Spain

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