Efficacy of Two Liquid Oxygen Devices in Deambulation

Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Status: Completed

Conditions: To Determine the Efficacy of Two Liquid Oxygen Device

Treatments: Device: Oxygen conserving devices

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01086891

07/060/793

Details and patient eligibility

About

Some oxygen conserving devices have been developed to diminish oxygen expense. These devices offer optimisation of oxygen therapy for deambulation by improving time autonomy of patients.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with arterial oxygen desaturation to effort.
• COPD with TLC > 90%
• EPID with TLC < 90% and FEV1/FVC > 70%

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) in deambulation.
• Not clinically stable during last month.
• Smokers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who show arterial oxygen desaturation to effort.

Treatment:

Device: Oxygen conserving devices

Device: Oxygen conserving devices

2

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with interstitial lung disease who show arterial oxygen desaturation to effort

Treatment:

Device: Oxygen conserving devices

Device: Oxygen conserving devices