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Clinical Trials/NCT01300845
NCT01300845CompletedNot Applicable

Prospective, Randomized, Multi-center Trial Aiming at Assessing the Effect of Humidification on the Comfort of the Patient Receiving an Oxygen Therapy.

University Hospital, Angers1 site in 1 country356 target enrollmentStarted: March 1, 2011Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
356
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
A score of comfort assessed with a detailed and specific questionnaire

Study Overview

Brief Summary

In France, the most used humidifying system during oxygen therapy is a non heated device with weak efficiency and non-proven clinical benefits. This study aims to assess the lack of benefits of non-heated humidification compared to no humidification, as regards to the comfort of the patient receiving oxygen therapy.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Supportive Care
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

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

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Admission in Intensive Care Unit
  • •Oxygen therapy started for less than two hours in ICU

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Age under 18
  • •Pregnancy
  • •Participation in other trials with the same endpoints
  • •absence of registration in french health care system
  • •patient protected by law
  • •tracheotomised or intubated patient
  • •Patient with non invasive ventilation
  • •Oxygen therapy started for more than two hours in ICU

Arms & Interventions

No Humidification

Experimental

Intervention: No Humidification (Procedure)

Humidification

Active Comparator

Intervention: Humidification (Procedure)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

A score of comfort assessed with a detailed and specific questionnaire

Time Frame: This score is assessed between the sixth and the eighth hour after randomization

This score is built from answers brought in a questionnaire including 15 items. Each item can be rated from 0 to 10, allowing to increment a score on 150 points.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Percentage of patients requiring a fibroscopic aspirations during their stay in intensive care unit or USC within the limits of 28 days.(Department discharge limited by day 28)
  • Percentage of patients who had an ear, nose and throat infections during their stay in intensive care unit or USC within the limits of 28 days.(Department discharge limited by day 28)
  • mortality in intensive care unit or USC during ongoing stay within the limits of 28 days.(Department discharge limited by day 28)
  • Percentage of patients requiring an intubation during their stay in intensive care unit or USC within the limits of 28 days.(Department discharge limited by day 28)
  • The specific scores of comfort for each items(Hour 6-8)
  • Observance level for oxygen therapy(Hour 6-8)
  • The patients who had a lesion of corneas during their stay in intensive care unit or USC within the limits of 28 days(Department discharge limited by day 28)
  • The length of stay in intensive care unit or USC(Department discharge limited by day 28)

Investigators

Sponsor
University Hospital, Angers
Sponsor Class
Other Gov
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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