Clinical trials: Respiratory Therapy Techniques
Sleep, Pregnancy
Halifax PrenaBelt Trial
Back and right-sided sleeping position in pregnant women has recently emerged as a potential risk factor for low birthweight (LBW) and stillbirth (SB) in the medical literature.
- Conditions
- Sleep, Pregnancy, Stillbirth, Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Trial name
- NCT02377817
- Testing
- PrenaBelt
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allan Kember
Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Phase I Trial Of IMRT Using A Contralateral Esophagus Sparing Technique (CEST) In Locally Advanced Lung Cancer
This research study is examining the benefit of a novel radiation planning approach on the likelihood of developing severe esophagitis (irritation and inflammation of the esophagus) during the course of radiation therapy with…
- Trial name
- NCT02394548
- Testing
- Contralateral Esophageal Sparing Technique (CEST)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Emphysema
Innovation in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of exercise treatment combined with breathing retraining (a computerized feedback program), with exercise treatment combined with heliox (a helium and oxygen combination), with…
- Trial name
- NCT00123422
- Testing
- Breathing retraining, Heliox, Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 103 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Surgery, Cardiac
Contract-Relax (CR) Technique in the Management of Diaphragmatic Paresis After Cardiac Surgery
Postoperative respiratory complications are common complications of patients after cardiac surgery and increase morbidity and mortality and hospital length of stay.
- Trial name
- COREDIA (NCT05068219)
- Testing
- Usual physical therapy, Contract-Relax technique
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- CMC Ambroise Paré
Heart Failure, Congestive
A Method Validation Study for Evaluation of Novel Treatments Limiting Pulmonary Oedema in Cardiac Failure
Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel blockade may be promising in the treatment of pulmonary oedema and dyspnoea in heart failure (HF) and acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) patients by re-establishing…
- Trial name
- NCT02135861
- Testing
- DCE-MRI scans, Gadobutrol
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Asthma
Study to Evaluate the Mastery of Inhaler Technique for Budesonide Formoterol (BF) SPIROMAX® as Compared to SYMBICORT® TURBOHALER® as Treatment for Adult Participants With Asthma
This study is conducted to assess whether training participants on proper use of BF SPIROMAX and Symbicort TURBOHALER will improve their device-handling technique and potentially improve their treatment outcome, that is, better…
- Trial name
- ELIOT (NCT02062463)
- Testing
- Budesonide and formoterol fumarate dehydrate (BF) SPIROMAX, SYMBICORT TURBOHALER budesonide and formoterol fumarate
- Where
- 74 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 485 people
- Sponsor
- Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc.
Lymphoma, Digestive System Diseases
Development of an Evaluation Method of Elderly Condition in Patient Receiving Chemotherapy Treatment
Incidence of cancer in 75+ years old is 16,500 new cases per year, more than fifty percent of people with cancerThey are very few therapeutic trials dedicated.
- Conditions
- Lymphoma, Digestive System Diseases, Ovarian Diseases, Pulmonary Disease
- Trial name
- PHRC2003 (NCT00210249)
- Where
- 18 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 364 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Bergonié
Sleep, Pregnancy
Ghana PrenaBelt Trial: A Positional Therapy Device to Reduce Still-Birth
Every day in Ghana, 47 babies are stillborn (SB) and 232 babies are born with low birth-weight (LBW) - many of whom will die in infancy or suffer lifelong consequences.
- Conditions
- Sleep, Pregnancy, Stillbirth, Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Trial name
- NCT02379728
- Testing
- PrenaBelt, Body Position Sensor
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allan Kember
Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
Experimental Gene Transfer Procedure to Treat Alpha 1-Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency
Individuals with a deficiency of the alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) protein are at risk for developing emphysema and liver damage. Researchers have developed a way to introduce normal AAT genes into muscle cells with the expectation…
- Trial name
- AAT (NCT00430768)
- Testing
- rAAV1-CB-hAAT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Pulmonary Disease
Implemental Flutter Mucus Clearance Devices on Geriatric Lung Function
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical outcome and safety of flutter mucus clearance devices in elders of gerocomium.
- Trial name
- NCT00881335
- Testing
- flutter mucus clearance device
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tongji University