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Adherence, TreatmentHIGH-FLOWNCT04281316

High-Flow in Hypercapnic Stable COPD Patients

A study testing Nasal High Flow installation, Non Invasive Ventilation and Training session in people with Adherence, Treatment, run by University Hospital, Grenoble at 1 site in France.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

Monocentric, prospective, open, randomized 1:1, controlled study to evaluate the impact of nasal high-flow (NHF) on nocturnal transcutaneous PCO2 (PtCO2) compared to non-invasive ventilation ± Long-Term Oxygen Therapy (LTOT) in patients with a Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related hypercapnic… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Adherence, Treatment
What is being tested?
Nasal High Flow installation, Non Invasive Ventilation and Training session
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
3 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
23 Sep 2020to 16 Dec 2021
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Diagnosed with COPD (FEV1/FVC < 70%) and long term indication for home NIV for initiated at least 3 months prior the inclusion.
  • Compliance with NIV (less than 5 hours and more than 1 hour) per night on average during the last 3 months prior to inclusion.
  • Naïve to Nasal High Flow (NHF) therapy, i.e. having not used NHF in the last 6 months prior to inclusion.
  • Able to understand, follow objectives and methods of protocol in French language.
  • Patient affiliated to social security insurance or beneficiary of social health insurance.
  • Willing and able to give written Informed Consent and to comply with the requirements of the study protocol.

Who cannot join

  • Significant uncontrolled cardiac disease (investigator judgment), and/or Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) < 45%.
  • Known co-existing obstructive sleep apnea requiring expiratory pressure above 6 cmH20.
  • Severe nasal obstruction, previous upper airway surgery preventing the usage of NHF, or, at the discretion of investigator, any other contraindication for using the NHF.
  • Patients who are unable or unwilling to give informed consent.
  • Participating in another research study.
  • Patient protected by the Law, under guardianship or curators.
  • Pregnancy and nursing mothers
  • Patient not covered by a health insurance.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • Grenoble Alpes University Hospital

    Grenoble

Other trials in France

About this study

Official title: Impact of Nasal High Flow (NHF) Versus Home Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV) on Nocturnal Transcutaneous PCO2 (PtCO2) in Stable COPD Patients: A Non-inferiority Study

Monocentric, prospective, open, randomized 1:1, controlled study to evaluate the impact of nasal high-flow (NHF) on nocturnal transcutaneous PCO2 (PtCO2) compared to non-invasive ventilation ± Long-Term Oxygen Therapy (LTOT) in patients with a Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Read the detailed description

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a growing global health concern, causing considerable health-related costs and increased mortality. COPD is nowadays considered a complex, heterogeneous and systemic condition.

In the late stage of the disease, non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is widely prescribed either to treat acute hypercapnic respiratory failure during COPD exacerbations or for long term home management.

A meta-analysis has shown that higher daytime PaCO2 occurred in home NIV treated COPD patients when NIV compliance is less than 5 h/day. Thus, an optimal NIV adherence is a key target for controlling nocturnal and diurnal hypoventilation and improving prognosis.

COPD is the clinical scenario during which a good NIV adherence is difficult to achieve. Particularly, in COPDs exhibiting hyperinflation, NIV can aggravate dynamic hyperinflation resulting in unrewarded inspiratory efforts, poor sleep and low NIV compliance. Alternatives to NIV are then desirable in this specific subgroup of hypercapnic COPD with poor adherence to NIV.

During this trial, stable COPD patients treated by long term home Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) treatment following French national recommendations and exhibiting a NIV compliance of (less than 5 hours and more than 1 hour) per day in the last 3 months prior to inclusion will be randomized via a secure electronic website to either continue with their current NIV treatment or receive the nasal high flow (NHF) treatment delivered by myAirvo2 during 3 months Nasal High-Flow (NHF) is a treatment delivering heated, humidified, and optionally oxygen-enriched air at high flow rates through a nasal cannula. The main physiologic effects of NHF are an improvement in gas exchanges including a reduction in hypercapnia, an optimization in breathing patterns with a reduction of work of breathing. Nasal High-Flow (NHF) is delivered via a comfortable nasal interface and has demonstrated good treatment adherence.

The investigators hypothesize that in COPD-related hypercapnic chronic respiratory failure with limited compliance to NIV (less than 5 hours per night), nasal High-Flow (NHF) will be non-inferior for controlling nocturnal hypoventilation and might improve daytime subjective patients centered outcomes, physical activity and nocturnal adherence to treatment.

Being tested
Nasal High Flow installation, Non Invasive Ventilation, Training session, Education session
Keywords
non-compliance, NIV, NHF, COPD, hypercapnic respiratory failure
Medical subject headings
Treatment Adherence and Compliance, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Respiratory Insufficiency

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Nasal High Flow installationDevice

    Also called MyAirvo Device

    Participants randomized in NHF group will receive the nasal high flow (NHF) treatment delivered by myAirvo2.

    Nasal High-Flow (NHF) is a treatment delivering heated, humidified, and optionally oxygen-enriched, air at high flow rates through a nasal cannula. The physiologic effects of NHF are an improvement in gas exchanges including a reduction in hypercarbia an optimization in breathing patterns with a reduction of work of breathing and high compliance as delivered via a comfortable nasal interface

  • Non Invasive VentilationDevice

    Participants randomized in the Non Invasive Ventilation group will receive treatment as in their usual care.

  • Training sessionOther

    The patients in the Nasal High Flow (MyAirvo) arm will receive two hours training adaptation session in the hospital

  • Education sessionOther

    Participants randomized in the Non Invasive Ventilation group will receive an additional educational session of one hour for improving compliance.

Study groups in NCT04281316
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Non Invasive Ventilation device groupActive comparatorThe patients in the NIV arm will receive treatment as in their usual care with an additional educational session of one hour for improving compliance.
Receives: Device: Non Invasive Ventilation; Other: Education session
Nasal High Flow (MyAirvo) device groupExperimentalThe patients in the NHF arm will receive NHF treatment and two hours training adaptation session will be conducted in the hospital.
Receives: Device: Nasal High Flow installation; Other: Training session

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Changes on nocturnal parameters with the nasal high-flow (NHF) compared to non-invasive ventilation in patients with a COPD-related hypercapnic respiratory failure.

    Differences in mean overnight transcutaneous PtCO2 measurement

    Measured: between night at day 1 (baseline) and night at day 90 (3 months after)

Secondary outcomes (15)
  1. Evaluation the impact of nasal high-flow (NHF) on other nocturnal parameters compared to non-invasive ventilation ± LTOT compared to non-invasive ventilation in patients with a COPD-related hypercapnic respiratory failure.

    Maximum PtCO2

    Measured: between night at day 1 (baseline) and night at day 90 (3 months after)

  2. Treatment adherence

    Treatment adherence measured objectively by download of NIV software data and for NHF (myAirvo2) by hour meter \& daily average of usage (screen display)

    Measured: between night at day 1 (baseline) and night at day 90 (3 months after)

  3. Daytime blood gas values in ambient air

    PaCO2 \& PaO2 in ambient air will be measured by blood gas sample in NHF group compared de NIV group

    Measured: between day 0 (inclusion) and day 97 (end of the study)

  4. Other nocturnal parameter

    Overnight Sp02 will be evaluated by nocturnal oximetry at home in order to determine: mean nocturnal SaO2, nadir nocturnal SaO2, cumulative time spent below 90% of SaO2 (CT<90%), Oxygen Desaturation Index.

    Measured: between night at day 1 (baseline) and night at day 90 (3 months after)

  5. Physical activity

    An actimetry will allow evaluating physical activity (number of steps)

    Measured: for 7 days from the day 1 and for 7 days from the day 90

  6. Sleep activity

    An actimetry will allow evaluating total sleep time in minutes

    Measured: between night at day 1 (baseline) and night at day 90 (3 months after)

  7. Sleep activity

    An actimetry will allow evaluating sleep onset latency in minutes

    Measured: between night at day 1 (baseline) and night at day 90 (3 months after)

  8. Sleep activity

    An actimetry will allow evaluating sleep efficiency

    Measured: between night at day 1 (baseline) and night at day 90 (3 months after)

  9. Pulmonary function tests

    Pulmonary function will be evaluated by routine patient care spirometry and will measure Vital capacity (VC) in liters

    Measured: between day 0 and day 97

  10. Pulmonary function tests

    Pulmonary function will be evaluated by routine patient care spirometry and will measure Forced vital capacity (FVC) in liters

    Measured: between day 0 and day 97

  11. Pulmonary function tests

    Pulmonary function will be evaluated by routine patient care spirometry and will measure Forced expiratory volume (FEV) in liters

    Measured: between day 0 and day 97

  12. Health related quality of life

    Subjective functioning and quality of life will be measured by self-reporting questionnaire EQ-5D-5L

    Measured: between day 0 and day 97

  13. Health related quality of life

    Subjective functioning and quality of life will be measured by self-reporting questionnaire SGRQ

    Measured: between day 0 and day 97

  14. Cardiovasculary function

    Blood pressure measurements will be done three times during rest at five minutes intervals to provide informations on systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure

    Measured: between day 0 and day 97

  15. Number of participants with adverse events will be assessed in each group by interrogating patients in order to assess the safety of nasal high-flow (NHF) treatment

    All safety data will be recorded through an Electronic Medical Record as reported by the patient or recorded by the research nurse

    Measured: between day 0 and day 97

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted24 Feb 2020
  2. Study start23 Sep 2020
  3. Primary completion16 Dec 2021
  4. Study completion16 Dec 2021

Why it stopped: lack enrollment

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
3 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04281316
Sponsor's protocol ID
38R19.250
Acronym
HIGH-FLOW
Status last verified
May 2022
First submitted
11 Feb 2020
Last updated
24 May 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Biener AI, Decker SL, Rohde F. Prevalence and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in the United States. JAMA. 2019 Aug 20;322(7):602. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.10241. No abstract available.

    PubMed 31429884
  • Riley CM, Sciurba FC. Diagnosis and Outpatient Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Review. JAMA. 2019 Feb 26;321(8):786-797. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.0131.

    PubMed 30806700
  • Houben-Wilke S, Augustin IM, Vercoulen JH, van Ranst D, Bij de Vaate E, Wempe JB, Spruit MA, Wouters EFM, Franssen FME. COPD stands for complex obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Respir Rev. 2018 Jun 6;27(148):180027. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0027-2018. Print 2018 Jun 30.

    PubMed 29875138
  • Suh ES, Murphy PB, Hart N. Home mechanical ventilation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: What next after the HOT-HMV trial? Respirology. 2019 Aug;24(8):732-739. doi: 10.1111/resp.13484. Epub 2019 Feb 7.

    PubMed 30729638
  • Crimi C, Noto A, Princi P, Cuvelier A, Masa JF, Simonds A, Elliott MW, Wijkstra P, Windisch W, Nava S. Domiciliary Non-invasive Ventilation in COPD: An International Survey of Indications and Practices. COPD. 2016 Aug;13(4):483-90. doi: 10.3109/15412555.2015.1108960. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

    PubMed 26744042
  • Kohnlein T, Windisch W, Wegscheider K, Welte T. Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for severe COPD--Authors' reply. Lancet Respir Med. 2014 Oct;2(10):e19. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70215-2. No abstract available.

    PubMed 25298063
  • Murphy AM, Thomas A, Crinion SJ, Kent BD, Tambuwala MM, Fabre A, Pepin JL, Roche HM, Arnaud C, Ryan S. Intermittent hypoxia in obstructive sleep apnoea mediates insulin resistance through adipose tissue inflammation. Eur Respir J. 2017 Apr 19;49(4):1601731. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01731-2016. Print 2017 Apr.

    PubMed 28424360
  • Vanfleteren LEGW, Spruit MA, Wouters EFM, Franssen FME. Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease beyond the lungs. Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Nov;4(11):911-924. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)00097-7. Epub 2016 Jun 2.

    PubMed 27264777
  • Borel JC, Pepin JL, Pison C, Vesin A, Gonzalez-Bermejo J, Court-Fortune I, Timsit JF. Long-term adherence with non-invasive ventilation improves prognosis in obese COPD patients. Respirology. 2014 Aug;19(6):857-65. doi: 10.1111/resp.12327. Epub 2014 Jun 9.

    PubMed 24912564
  • Struik FM, Lacasse Y, Goldstein RS, Kerstjens HA, Wijkstra PJ. Nocturnal noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in stable COPD: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Respir Med. 2014 Feb;108(2):329-37. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.10.007. Epub 2013 Oct 14.

    PubMed 24157199

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Nasal High Flow installation, Non Invasive Ventilation and Training session in people with Adherence, Treatment, run by University Hospital, Grenoble at 1 site in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 May 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: lack enrollment). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Changes on nocturnal parameters with the nasal high-flow (NHF) compared to non-invasive ventilation in patients with a COPD-related hypercapnic respiratory failure. (time frame: between night at day 1 (baseline) and night at day 90 (3 months after)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04281316, which also lists 10 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 May 2022.

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