Efficacy of Acapella on Spirometry Measures in Patients With Bronchiectasis

South Valley University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Bronchiectasis

Treatments: Other: Only routine chest physical therapy program; Device: Acapella device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05838144

PT-IMG-02/2023-505

Details and patient eligibility

About

1. Acapella group. Will use Acapella device for 3 times per day for 15 minutes for 7 days beside medications and routine chest physical therapy program .
2. Only routine physical therapy program group ( control group). Will only take medications and routine chest physical therapy program.

Full description

1. Acapella group.Will use Acapella device for 3 times per day for 15 minutes for 7 days beside medications and routine chest physical therapy program.
2. Only routine physical therapy program group( control group). Will only take medications and routine chest physical therapy program Spirometer measures such as forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) will be measured for every patient before and after the end of 7 days.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. bronchiectasis patients.
2. Age range between 40 to 55 years old of both gender.
3. Cooperative patients.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with severe cardiac disorders.
2. Un controlled hypertensive patients.
3. Un controlled diabetic patients.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Acapella

Active Comparator group

Description:

Will use Acapella device 3 times per day for 15 minutes for 7 days beside medications and routine physical therapy program.

Treatment:

Other: Only routine chest physical therapy program

Device: Acapella device

Only routine physical therapy program

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Only they will receive medications and routine physical therapy program.

Treatment:

Other: Only routine chest physical therapy program