Study of Individualized Physiotherapy for Airway Clearance in Cystic Fibrosis.

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cystic Fibrosis

Treatments: Other: Physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01266473

2010/802

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate individual efficacy in Physiotherapy for Airway Clearance, and to investigate user experience, i.e.utility value and preference.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis: CF
• Age >18 years
• Amount of sputum >5 ml/60 min
• Wet inhalation of saline/DNase/both
• Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Respiratory failure
• Hemoptysis
• Bacteriology (burkholderia cephacia, multi-resistent pseudomonas aeruginosa, atypical mycobacteria, MRSA).
• Ongoing intravenous medication
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

Physiotherapy techniques

Experimental group

Description:

Cough Technique vs Forced Expiration Technique

Treatment:

Other: Physiotherapy