Evaluation of High-Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation

Hill-Rom

Status: Completed

Conditions: Airway Secretion Clearance

Treatments: Device: Airway clearance Device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00717873

CR-0080

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the outcomes of patients treated with the Vest and conventional chest physiotherapy to determine if the Vest provides equivalent therapy

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Acute or chronic disease requiring secretion mobilization as per hospital protocol

Exclusion criteria

• Absolute contraindications for positional changes
• Absolute contraindications for chest percussion
• Women visibly pregnant
• Previous enrollment in study
• Previous CPT or Vest treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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105 participants in 2 patient groups

HFCWO Arm

Experimental group

Description:

Airway clearance provided by the Vest Airway Clearance System

Treatment:

Device: Airway clearance Device

CPT Arm

No Intervention group

Description:

Airway clearance provided by manual CPT