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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03050255
Date of registration: 25/11/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Schön Klinik Berchtesgadener Land
Public title: Short-term Effects of Supplemental Oxygen in Patients With IPF IPFO2
Scientific title: Short-term Effects of Supplemental Oxygen During Walking in Hypoxemic Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Date of first enrolment: November 2016
Target sample size: 53
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03050255
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:     Klaus Kenn, Prof.
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Affiliation:  Schoen Klinik Berchtesgadener Land
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:

- patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and hypoxemia at rest or during exercise
(PaO2 <55 mmHg or SpO2 <88%)

- Written informed consent

Exclusion criteria:

- Forced vital capacity < 50% pred.

- Clinical signs of any cardial comorbidity

- Not able to walk

- Oxygen flow needed during exercise > 4l/min



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Intervention(s)
Other: Medical air
Other: Oxygen (2Liter/min)
Other: Oxygen (4Liter/min)
Primary Outcome(s)
Endurance time (in seconds) measured by endurance shuttle walk test [Time Frame: Time until Patient terminates ESWT due to leg fatigue or dyspnea, up to 20 minutes]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change of heart rate during endurance shuttle walk test [Time Frame: change from baseline to the end of the ESWT, up to 20 minutes]
Change of partial pressure of carbon dioxide during endurance shuttle walk test [Time Frame: Change from baseline to the end of the ESWT, up to 20 minutes]
Change of breathing frequency during endurance shuttle walk test [Time Frame: change from baseline to the end of the ESWT, up to 20 minutes]
Change of Oxygen saturation during endurance shuttle walk test [Time Frame: change from baseline to the end of the ESWT, up to 20 minutes]
Change of inspiratory capacity during endurance shuttle walk test [Time Frame: Change from baseline to the end of the ESWT, up to 20 minutes]
Secondary ID(s)
IPF-O2-Study
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Linde AG
Ethics review
Results
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