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Clinical Trial Assessing Two Protocols to Withdraw Non-invasive Ventilation in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure
Interventions
Device: Nocturnal non-invasive ventilation
Registration Number
NCT00775710
Lead Sponsor
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine the optimal method to withdraw non-invasive ventilation after an episode of hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
128
Inclusion Criteria
  • Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure.
  • Use of NIV to treat respiratory failure.
  • Persistence of hypercapnia after discontinuation of NIV
Exclusion Criteria
  • Home NIV
  • Facial or cranial trauma or surgery,
  • Recent gastric or esophageal surgery,
  • Active upper gastrointestinal bleeding,
  • Excessive amount of respiratory secretions,
  • Tracheostomy
  • Lack of cooperation

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1Nocturnal non-invasive ventilationNon-invasive ventilation is maintained during three nights after recovery of an episode of hypercapnic respiratory failure.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
New episode of hypercapnic respiratory failure after discontinuation of non-invasive ventilationAt the end of enrollment time
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of long term dependency on non-invasive ventilationAt the end of enrollment time
Hospital and 6-month survivalAt the end of enrollment time

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Hospital de Sant Pau

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital del Mar

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Clinic

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

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