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Thoracic TraumaNCT06090279

Feasibility of the Gamification of Incentive Spirometry in Trauma Patients

A study testing OmniFlow Breathing Therapy BioFeeback System in people with Thoracic Trauma, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

Gamification may be one solution that can increase the compliance in the use of devices like incentive spirometry. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Thoracic Trauma
What is being tested?
OmniFlow Breathing Therapy BioFeeback System
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Jan 2025to Jul 2025
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients will be included if informed consent can be obtained from patient themselves and first session of incentive spirometry gamification can be performed within 48 hours of Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU) admission
  • Adult patients (≥ 18 years of age) in the TICU with rib fractures or flail segment or a sternal fracture

Who cannot join

  • Trauma patients in the TICU who are mechanically ventilated or requiring bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP)
  • Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) < 15, at the time of enrollment
  • Facial fractures precluding the use of incentive spirometry
  • Any organ injury that precludes use of respiratory therapies in the clinical judgement of the clinical team
  • Patients who are expected to be transferred out of the TICU or discharged from the TICU in the next 24 hours based on treating physicians judgment
  • Patients who are transitioning to palliative care or expected to die in the next 48 hours based on treating physician's judgment will not be included
  • Patients unable to consent for themselves
  • Patients unable to use the mouthpiece of the Omniflow system, and those who have visual or hearing impairments that could limit their ability to evaluate the games

About this study

Gamification may be one solution that can increase the compliance in the use of devices like incentive spirometry.

Read the detailed description

Recently, there has been much interest in the gamification of healthcare, such as virtual incentive spirometry gaming. Several studies have examined the addition of gamification e.g. virtual incentive spirometry devices. There is a paucity of data regarding the gamification of incentive spirometry, and there is no data involving trauma patients. Previous studies have enrolled either healthy volunteers or patients with specific lung pathology. This study to assess the safety, feasibility and efficacy of respiratory interventions in chest trauma patients using a therapeutic gamification platform.

Conditions
Thoracic Trauma
Being tested
OmniFlow Breathing Therapy BioFeeback System
Keywords
pulmonary therapies, incentive spirometry, pulmonary complications, pulmonary function, gamification

What participants receive

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

  • OmniFlow Breathing Therapy BioFeeback SystemDevice

    Also called healthcare gaming

    FDA approved healthcare gaming system that is used for patients who have difficulty breathing and allows the patients to participate in breathing exercises for pulmonary rehab. Each game usage itself is expected to last 15-20 minutes.

Study groups in NCT06090279
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
OmniFlow Breathing Therapy BioFeeback SystemExperimentalThis system is a FDA approved healthcare gaming system that is used for patients who have difficulty breathing and allows the patients to participate in breathing exercises for pulmonary rehab.
Receives: Device: OmniFlow Breathing Therapy BioFeeback System

What is being measured

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

  1. Number screened and eligible compared to patient that consented to project

    Number screened and eligible compared to patient that consented to project

    Measured: up to 6 months

  2. Number of sessions attempted, completed and aborted including the time spent in successful intervention

    Number of sessions attempted, completed and aborted including the time spent in successful intervention

    Measured: up to 6 months

  3. Reasons for aborting a session related to patient factors, staffing factors, technology factors

    Enter the results according to the reason

    The Session will be terminated if one or more of the following occurs:

    • Sustained Pain Score >8/10
    • Increase in oxygen requirements by more than 2L/min or hypoxia to less than 92% during the intervention or need for escalation of an oxygen supplementation device
    • Sustained Heart Rate >110 beats per minute, new cardiac arrhythmia or respiratory rate >30 per minute
    • Cyanosis, pallor, or new onset confusion
    • Refusal to continue by choice, reduced engagement in game, adverse symptoms related to dyspnea, pain or discomfort related to the intervention
    • These safety measures are vital sign derangements or signs/symptoms that predict threat to the patient's health
    • Sessions unable to be performed after enrollment due to lack of personnel
    • Failure of intervention device to work, failure of accompanying gamification platform to work

    Measured: up to 6 months

  4. Number of days spent in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

    Number of days spent in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

    Measured: up to 6 months

  5. Number of Subjects readmitted to the ICU for pulmonary complications

    Number of Subjects readmitted to the ICU for pulmonary complications

    Measured: up to 6 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Oct 2023
  2. Study startJan 2025 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionJul 2025 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJul 2025 (estimated)

Why it stopped: significant delays in acquiring the equipment that was supposed to be loaned for the study

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
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
a minimum of 3 rounds of game usage in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU). Each patient will receive at least 2 sessions per day.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06090279
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRB00097144
Status last verified
Apr 2024
First submitted
13 Oct 2023
Last updated
4 Feb 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing OmniFlow Breathing Therapy BioFeeback System in people with Thoracic Trauma, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences.

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 2 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: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Feb 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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 withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

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?

Number screened and eligible compared to patient that consented to project (time frame: up to 6 months). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 4 Feb 2025.

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