Airway Resistance Measurement in Children 3 to 6 Years of Age (ARC36)

Regional University Hospital Center (CHRU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Airway Obstruction

Treatments: Other: airway resistance measurement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02563210

ARC 36 (RB 15.181)

Details and patient eligibility

About

In preschool aged children, the most suitable techniques to assess airway obstruction is debit interruption technic (Rint) and plethysmographic measure of specific airway resistance (sRaw). Even if Rint is easily and routinely performed, it also includes a component of lung tissue and chest wall resistance as well as respiratory tissue viscoelasticity. sRaw seems to be better for discriminating airway obstruction. These two techniques will be compared in terms of concordance in the diagnosis of pulmonary obstruction and bronchodilator response.

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 6 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Child 3 to 6 years aged

Exclusion criteria

• Height below 90 centimeters
• Opposition to participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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130 participants in 1 patient group

airway resistance measurement

Experimental group

Description:

interruption and plethysmography techniques airway resistance measurement at each routine visit

Treatment:

Other: airway resistance measurement