Influence of Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV) on Gastro-oesophageal Reflux (GOR).

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastro-oesophageal Reflux

Treatments: Other: sitting position

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02620241

VrijeUB

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study evaluates the effect on gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) of infants sitting in a stable upright position during 20 min. This is an addendum to the previous study with record number clinical trials.gov NCT02124863

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 365 days old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Each child under the age of one year that was referred for 24h pH-MII monitoring to exclude pathological gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR)

Exclusion criteria

• : prematurity (gestational age less than 37 weeks), the use of anti-reflux medication and reflux surgery (Nissen fundoplication)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

sitting position

Other group

Description:

infants are in a sitting position for 20 minutes

Treatment:

Other: sitting position