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Clinical Trials/NCT01180439
NCT01180439CompletedNot Applicable

Patient-Ventilator Interactions During Sleep Under Non-Invasive Ventilation in Severe Stable COPD

Ligue Pulmonaire Genevoise2 sites in 1 country8 target enrollmentStarted: October 2009Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
8
Locations
2
Primary Endpoint
Subjective evaluation of efficacy of nocturnal ventilation after adjusting ventilator settings

Study Overview

Brief Summary

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in severe hypercapnic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) may be associated - during sleep - with recurrent episodes of patient ventilatory asynchrony, which in turn may affect quality of sleep, efficacy of ventilation and comfort of nocturnal NIV.Polysomnography (PSG) under NIV is necessary to detect these events.

Adjusting ventilator settings according to respiratory events detected by PSG with NIV may improve quality of sleep, efficacy of ventilation and comfort of nocturnal NIV.

Detailed Description

Patients under NIV for hypercapnic COPD have several reasons to develop patient-ventilatory asynchrony: delayed cycling, and insufficient expiratory time may induce progressive dynamic hyperinflation, and increase intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi); too high levels of pressure support may also contribute to dynamic hyperinflation. Increase in PEEPi is associated with two respiratory events: unrewarded inspiratory efforts, and auto-triggering.

Our hypotheses are: 1/that these events occur frequently in COPD under NIV and that they are not detected by medical history or usual monitoring tools (SpO2; PtcCO2); 2/ that they can be easily detected by polysomnography; 3/ that simple adjustments of ventilator parameters aiming to reduce dynamic hyperinflation and unrewarded inspiratory efforts may improve efficacy of ventilation, quality of sleep and comfort of treatment.

The present study compares the results of two consecutive sleep studies: 1.PSG under NIV in severe stable COPD under "usual ventilator settings" with 2.PSG under NIV after adapting ventilator settings to results of initial PSG.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Na
Intervention Model
Single Group
Primary Purpose
Supportive Care
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • COPD, with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure, treated by NIV, in stable clinical condition, aged above 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

  • Unstable clinical condition

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Subjective evaluation of efficacy of nocturnal ventilation after adjusting ventilator settings

Time Frame: one night

Visual analogic scale (VAS) of morning dyspnea, and questionnaire evaluating 8 items of comfort of ventilation (Janssens JP et al; Impact of volume targeting on efficacy of bi-level non-invasive ventilation and sleep in obesity-hypoventilation; Respir Med 2009 Feb;103(2):165-72)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Objective evaluation of efficacy of ventilation after adjustment of ventilator settings(one night)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other

Study Sites (2)

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