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

Not Applicable
Conditions
Multiple Sclerosis
Interventions
Procedure: Lung volume recruitment
Registration Number
NCT01891071
Lead Sponsor
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
35
Inclusion Criteria
  • History of multiple sclerosis, diagnosed by a neurologist in accordance with the 2010 McDonald criteria
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Concomitant parenchymal pulmonary disease or pleural disease
  • Symptomatic cardiomyopathy
  • Unable to perform pulmonary function testing or lung volume recruitment, due to comprehension or cooperation issues, physical inability such as bulbar or cerebellar dysfunction
  • Contra-indication to pulmonary function testing or lung volume recruitment such as myocardial infarction, bleeding aortic aneurysm, intracranial hemorrhage within the previous month
  • Known susceptibility to pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
  • Not competent to provide informed consent
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Lung volume recruitmentLung volume recruitmentLung volume recruitment twice daily for 9 months
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of decline of FVC (forced vital capacity)up to 9 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of decline of peak cough flowbaseline, 2, 4, 6 and 9 months
Change from baseline in FVC at 2, 4, 6 and 9 monthsbaseline vs 2, 4, 6 and 9 months
Change from baseline in peak cough flow at 2, 4, 6 and 9 monthsbaseline vs 2, 4, 6 and 9 months

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

The Ottawa Hospital

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne

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Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

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