Prospective Trial of the Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (by Boussignac) in Emergency Department of Non-invasive Patients Presenting With Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure

Vygon

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Acute-on-chronic Respiratory Failure

Treatments: Other: non- invasive ventilation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01788345

445-12

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the new Boussignac-system of non-invasive ventilation is as good as the conventional non-invasive System in patients presenting with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Enrollment: 44 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 7,25 ≤ pH ≤ 7,35
• PaCO2 ≥ 45 mmHg

Exclusion criteria

• pH < 7,24
• incapable of collaboration

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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44 participants in 1 patient group

non-invasive ventilation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: non- invasive ventilation