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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00550602
Date of registration: 26/10/2007
Primary sponsor: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Public title: Tracheobronchomalacia: Treatment Outcomes
Scientific title: Tracheobronchomalacia: Treatment Outcomes
Date of first enrolment: January 2002
Target sample size: 150
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00550602
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Armin Ernst, M.D. FCCP
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Affiliation:  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Suspicion of symptomatic tracheal and/or bronchial collapse during bronchoscopy or
Dynamic Computed Tomographic study.

- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (regardless of severity) and suspicion of
tracheal and/or bronchial collapse

Exclusion Criteria:

- inability to follow commands

- Focal extrinsic compression of the trachea/bronchi by mass or other



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Tracheobronchomalacia
Tracheomalacia
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
To evaluate the effect of central airway stabilization on symptoms and quality of life in patients with symptomatic and severe tracheobronchomalacia. [Time Frame: At 10-14 days post-stent ; at 3 months and yearly post-tracheobronchoplasty]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To evaluate the effect of central airway stabilization on lung function, exercise capacity and functional status. [Time Frame: At 10-14 days post-stent ; at 3 months and yearly post-tracheobronchoplasty]
Secondary ID(s)
2005P-000112
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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