Clinical trials: Barotrauma
Decompression Sickness, Pulmonary Edema - Acute
Epidemiological Assessment of Technical Diving Accidents in Mainland France and Factors Predictive of Severity (TEKCare)
This retrospective study aims at an epidemiological description of the clinical presentation of medical problems in technical diving.
- Conditions
- Decompression Sickness, Pulmonary Edema - Acute, Oxygen Toxicity, Carbon Dioxide Poisoning
- Trial name
- TEKCare (NCT06627153)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Brest
Traumatic Brain Injury, Blast Injuries
Long-Term Effects of Repetitive, Low-Level Blast Exposure on Special Operations Forces Service Members
This is a pilot study to identify biomarkers that individually, and in combination, demonstrate the greatest sensitivity to repetitive, low-level blast exposure (RLLBE) neurotrauma in Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel.
- Trial name
- ReBlast (NCT05183087)
- Testing
- 3T Connectome MRI, 7 Tesla MRI, TSPO PET
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Decompression Sickness, Barotrauma
Health, Fitness, and Safety Knowledge as Determinants of Adverse Events in Recreational Divers in Poland
This cross-sectional online survey study assesses health status, physical fitness, and safety knowledge as potential determinants of diving-related adverse events among recreational divers in Poland.
- Conditions
- Decompression Sickness, Barotrauma, Recreational Diving
- Trial name
- DIVE-PL (NCT07855861)
- Testing
- Anonymous online questionnaire
- Where
- 2 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 384 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Bialystok
Otitic Barotrauma
Inner and Middle Ear Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Thrapy
Audiological evaluation performed to patients on hyperbaric oxygen therapy to see its effects on middle ear pressure
- Trial name
- NCT04186741
- Testing
- Hyperbaric oxygen
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Injury of Trachea, Friction and Pressure Injuries
The Ornge Comparison of Tracheal Occlusion Pressures to Ensure Safety Trial
Patients who are intubated (breathing tube in windpipe) are often transported by air ambulance. Changes in atmospheric pressure during flight may cause pressure increases in the air-filled cuff holding the tube in the windpipe.
- Conditions
- Injury of Trachea, Friction and Pressure Injuries, Barotrauma, Transfer/Transport Injury
- Trial name
- OCTOPUS (NCT01384500)
- Testing
- Saline in tube cuff
- Where
- Canada
- Sponsor
- Ornge Transport Medicine
Perilymphatic Fistulas
Imaging Perilymphatic Fistulas After Barotrauma
Our objective is to validate the CT / MRI combination of non-injected rock for the rapid positive diagnosis of perilymphatic fistulas.
- Trial name
- NCT03543293
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Barotrauma, Covid19
Risk Factors for Barotrauma in COVID-19
Barotrauma in mechanical ventilation (MV) is defined as lung damage attributable to the application of high airway pressure and is one of the potential mechanisms of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI).
- Trial name
- NCT04859881
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 262 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital General Ajusco Medio
Middle-ear Barotrauma
Gas Supply, Demand and Middle Ear Gas Balance -- Fly/Dive Simulation
This study will determine if newly developed and more standard tests of Eustachian tube function can identify those persons who have ear pain (barotrauma) or develop middle-ear inflammation and/or fluid (barotitis) when they are…
- Trial name
- NCT01976429
- Testing
- flight/diving simulation, ET function testing at ambient pressure, nasal video-endoscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury, Lung Ventilator
Respiratory Mechanics During One-lung Ventilation
Intraoperative lung protective ventilatory strategy has been widely recognized to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications in laparotomy and laparoscopic surgeries.
- Conditions
- Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury, Lung Ventilator, One-lung Ventilation
- Trial name
- NCT04519606
- Testing
- Optimal lung compliance during OLV
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- E-DA Hospital
Preterm Infant, BPD - Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Comparison of Primary Extubation Failure Between NIPPV and NI-NAVA
Extubation failure is a significant problem in preterm neonates and prolonged intubation is a well-documented risk factor for development of chronic lung disease.
- Conditions
- Preterm Infant, BPD - Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Barotrauma
- Trial name
- NCT03242057
- Testing
- NAVA, NIPPV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Nerve Injury
A Single Dose Pharmaco-Diagnostic for Peripheral Nerve Continuity After Trauma
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) on the course of recovery after peripheral nerve traction and/or crush injury.
- Trial name
- NCT04026568
- Testing
- 4-Aminopyridine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Acute Lung Injury, ARDS
The Specific Elastance in Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ALI/ARDS) Patients
The investigators aim to study the specific elastance in ALI/ARDS patients during invasive mechanical ventilation.
- Trial name
- NCT00143468
- Testing
- mechanical ventilation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Policlinico Hospital
Brain Concussion, Blast Injuries
Metacognitive Training to Enhance Strategy Use in Blast-Related TBI
Enhanced Goal Management Training (GMT) is a 10-week group or individual therapy that teaches strategies to improve an individual's ability to complete everyday tasks.
- Trial name
- NCT00857207
- Testing
- Goal Management Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Diving Barotrauma
Practice of Scuba Diving by as Many People as Possible: Effect of Medical Assessment to Provide a Suitable and Individualised Framework for Practice (Plongée Santé)
The study focuses on the practice of recreational scuba diving by people who have obtained medical advice for their practice in the hyperbaric and underwater medicine department of the Brest University Hospital.
- Trial name
- Healthy-diving (NCT06555666)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Brest
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Barotrauma
Imaging Biomarkers to Stratify the Risk of Barotrauma in ARDS
The high incidence of barotrauma in patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (16.1%, with a mortality rate >60%) provides rationale for considering COVID-19 ARDS a paradigm for lung frailty.
- Trial name
- FRAIL ARDS (NCT05816954)
- Testing
- Chest Computed Tomography Scan per normal clinical practice
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Blast Injury
Precision Biomarkers to Detect Brain Injury in Active-Duty United States Special Operations Forces With Repeated Blast Exposure
This is a 4-year, longitudinal study of 100 active-duty Navy SEALs. The goal of the study is to determine whether repeated blast exposure affects SEAL brain health and to develop an initial diagnostic testing protocol that…
- Trial name
- NCT07131475
- Testing
- PBR28 TSPO PET
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
COVID, Pneumonia, Viral
Lung Damage Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia (COVID-19)
Pneumonia is a recurrent element of COVID-19 infection, it is often associated with development of respiratory failure and patients frequently need various degrees of oxygen therapy up to non invasive ventilation (NIV-CPAP) and…
- Conditions
- COVID, Pneumonia, Viral, Barotrauma, Interstitial Lung Disease
- Trial name
- SequelaeCov (NCT04435327)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of Milano Bicocca
Decompression Sickness, Dysbarism
Microparticles in Scuba Divers With Decompression Sickness
The investigators hypothesize that membrane microparticles (MPs) are liberated into the blood stream in response to decompression stress and that certain MPs characteristics initiate inflammatory responses that contribute to the…
- Trial name
- NCT01587209
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Decompression Sickness
Prediction & Mechanisms of Recovery Following IEDS
Inner Ear Decompression sickness (IEDS) accounts for 20% of all types of decompression sickness (the bends) in divers. The condition commonly affects the peripheral vestibular system (inner ear).
- Trial name
- NCT06370897
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University of Plymouth
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Blast Injury
Virtual Reality Therapy and Imaging in Combat Veterans With Blast Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The main purpose of this study is to determine whether functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), can distinguish between service members with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI), as well as those with posttraumatic…
- Trial name
- ViRTICo-BP (NCT01990547)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center