Evaluation of High-Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Hill-Rom
Information provided by:	Hill-Rom
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00717873

Purpose

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

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Airway Secretion Clearance	Device: Airway clearance	Phase IV

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Evaluation of High-Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation Using the Vest Airway Clearance System Compared to Conventional Chest Physical Therapy at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Further study details as provided by Hill-Rom:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Hospital Length of Stay [ Time Frame: Discharge ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

ICU Length of Stay [ Time Frame: Discharge ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Days of Mechanical Ventilation [ Time Frame: Discharge ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Days to resolution of atelectasis [ Time Frame: Discharge ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Days of CPT required [ Time Frame: Discharge ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	330
Study Start Date:	June 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
HFCWO Arm: Experimental Airway clearance provided by the Vest Airway Clearance System	Device: Airway clearance Provided by the Vest Airway clearance system
CPT Arm: Active Comparator Airway clearance provided by manual CPT	Device: Airway clearance Airway clearance provided by manual CPT

Eligibility

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Acute or chronic disease requiring secretion mobilization as per hospital protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00717873

Contacts

Contact: Darnetta Clinkscale, MBA, RRT

314.362.1276

Locations

United States, Missouri
Barnes-Jewish Hospital	Recruiting
St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
Contact: Darnetta Clinkscale, RRT 314-362-1276
Principal Investigator: Darneta Clinkscale, RRT

Sponsors and Collaborators

Hill-Rom

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Darnetta Clinkscale, RRT

Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	Hill-Rom ( Gordon MacFarlane, PhD, Director of Clinical Research )
Study ID Numbers:	CR-0080
Study First Received:	July 1, 2008
Last Updated:	June 19, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00717873 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Hill-Rom:

Mucus Clearance
Secretion Clearance
HFCWO

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 10, 2009