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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02371564
Date of registration: 19/02/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Angers
Public title: High Flow Oxygen Therapy in Patients Suffering From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation: Effects and Mechanisms of Action Oh BPCO
Scientific title: High Flow Oxygen Therapy in Patients Suffering From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation: Effects and Mechanisms of Action
Date of first enrolment: February 2015
Target sample size: 15
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02371564
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Alain Mercat, Professor
Address: 
Telephone: (0)2 - 41 - 35 - 38 - 15
Email: AlMercat@chu-angers.fr
Affiliation: 
Name:     Lise Piquilloud, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: lise.piquilloud@chuv.ch
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- COPD patients suffering from acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (PaCO2 > 50 mmHg)
due to COPD exacerbation and requiring intermittent NIV treatment can be included in
the study provided they do not require immediate intubation.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients younger than 18 years old

- Inability to give informed consent or denied informed consent

- Severe acute respiratory failure requiring immediate intubation defined as respiratory
rate > 40/minute, severe hypoxemia with PaO2/FIO2 ratio < 150 mmHg despite high FIO2,
severe respiratory acidosis with pH< 7.2, altered mental status)

- Very intensive NIV treatment required defined as an impossibility to stop NIV
treatment during more than one hour.

- Severe hypoxemia requiring more than 4l/minute of conventional oxygenotherapy between
NIV treatments

- Poor short term prognosis (defined by the clinician in charge as a high risk of death
during the next 7 days) or ongoing palliative treatment.

- Patients with "Do not resuscitate" order already established



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
COPD Exacerbation
Intervention(s)
Device: Standard flow humidified oxygen
Device: High flow humidified oxygen
Primary Outcome(s)
corrected minute ventilation [Time Frame: 1 hour]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
CHU-P 2013-25
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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