Clinical trials: Breath-holding Spell
Breath-holding Spell
Breath-holding Spells and Its Management Study
The goal of this prospective population-based study is to evaluate the new disease description and management guidelines for breath-holding spells in children (Hellström Schmidt et al, Acta Paediatrica 2024) below the age of 5…
- Trial name
- BAM (NCT06628271)
- Testing
- Guidelines
- Where
- 12 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
Healthy Subjects
Analysis of Breath Volatile Organic Compounds After Dyspnea Induced in the Healthy Subject.
The dyspnea is a common symptom in patients with many respiratory diseases particularly chronic obstructive airway diseases, but also cardiovascular pathologies, obesity, or also in the deconditioned healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- Volatopnee (NCT04418973)
- Testing
- VOCs analysis in exhaled air
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hopital Foch
Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
Endothelial Dysfunction in Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS) is a syndrome described at the end of the 20th century. Generally, it has a benign course.
- Trial name
- DESS (NCT04463212)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Breast Cancer
Feasibility of Blood Oxygenation Level-Dependent Contrast (BOLD) Breast MRI Induced by Breath- Holding
In this study, investigators intend to measure changes in BOLD contrast in the breast induced by breath-holding for subjects receiving radiation therapy to the breast.
- Trial name
- BOLD (NCT01898533)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Breathhold
Valproic Acid in Treating Cyanotic Breath Holding Spells
Breath holding spells (BHS) are common non-epileptic paroxysmal behavioral involuntary episodes occurring in up to 5.9% of healthy children.
- Trial name
- NCT04482764
- Testing
- Valproic Acid
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Systemic Sclerosis
Utility of Breath-holding Test in Systemic Sclerosis
This study aims to evaluate the utility of breath-holding test as a marker of pulmonary disease severity in patients with systemic sclerosis.
- Trial name
- NCT04484948
- Testing
- scleroderma health assessment questionnaire (SHAQ), BHT, and 6MWT
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases
The Effect of Anthocyanin Intake From Purple Sweet Potato in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a major cause of disability, cognitive impairment, and functional loss in the elderly. CSVD occurs due to damage to arterioles, capillaries, and venules in the brain parenchyma, and can…
- Trial name
- NCT06380465
- Testing
- The water extract of "Biang" variety purple sweet potato
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation Outcomes and Effective Factors
The study is a cross-sectional-descriptive study. Cases who met the inclusion criteria, agreed to participate in the study voluntarily, were active smokers, passive smokers and non-smokers will be included.
- Trial name
- NCT05695742
- Testing
- Active Smoking, Passive smoker, Non-smoker
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 893 people
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Six Minute Walking Test and Breath-holding
To compare the relationship between breath-hold time and the distance in a Six Minute Walking Test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease population.
- Trial name
- NCT02235129
- Testing
- breath-holding
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Lung Tumor Resuction
Effects of Buteyko Breathing Technique Versus Incentive Spirometer on Breath Holding Time, Cardiopulmonary Endurance and Quality of Life in Patients With Post Lung Tumor Resection
The pulmonary complications are the major cause of morbidity and mortality following Lung surgeries. The Buteyko breathing technique is used for reversing the health condition such as poor breathing, mouth breathing and over…
- Trial name
- NCT05118347
- Testing
- Buteyko Breathing Technique
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Shahbaz Ahmad
Breath Holding Attack
Docosahexaenoic Acid on Breath Holding Spells in Children
DHA on Breath Holding Spells
- Trial name
- NCT03965988
- Testing
- DHA
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Sherief Abd-Elsalam
Essential Tremor, Dystonic Tremor
VIM DBS Respiratory Modulation: N-of-1 Trial
Research from our group has demonstrated modulation of PEFR in patients with STN and PAG stimulation. However, the effect of VIM (motor thalamus) stimulation remains to be investigated.
- Trial name
- NCT05381688
- Testing
- VIM DBS
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
MRI, MRI Image Enhancement
Optimizing Liver MRI Using Breath-Holding With and Without Oxygen
The goal of this interventional study (clinical trial) is to learn if different breath-holding techniques, with and without extra oxygen, can improve the quality of abdominal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images in healthy…
- Trial name
- NCT07135401
- Testing
- Breath-hold conditions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Neoplasm, Metastatic
Study of Breath-holding as a Means to Reduce Tumor Motion From Breathing
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate typical tumor motion caused by breathing using MRI and can help determine whether simple passive breathing and/or breath-holding could be used for the future treatment of similar…
- Trial name
- NCT00178477
- Testing
- MRI with breath-holding
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Carcinoma, Non-small-cell Lung
Prevention of Radiation Pneumonitis After Three-dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D-CRT) in Patients With Non-small-cell Lung Cancer
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the interest of breath holding for the prevention of radiation pneumonitis following conformal radiation therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT00349102
- Testing
- Free breathing, Breath holding
- Where
- 7 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 242 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Leon Berard
Breast Neoplasm, Radiotherapy
HOBBIT 3: Mental Exercises and Temporal Alteration
In the HOBBIT-trial by Vakaet et al. A protocol was developed to increase breath-hold time using (voluntary) hyperventilation and oxygenation to achieve DIBH times around 3 minutes.
- Conditions
- Breast Neoplasm, Radiotherapy, Breath Holding, Mental Test
- Trial name
- HOBBIT-META (NCT06100068)
- Testing
- Mental Exercises and Temporal Alteration
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
Small Cell Lung Cancer, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
A Prospective Study of Variation in Breath Holding Times at Various Phases of Respiration During the Course of Radiotherapy Including the Effect of Respiratory Training in Lung Cancer Patients
100 suitable patients of lung cancer shall be taken into the study over a period of 2 years. As per the existing treatment protocol in our department, all patients suitable shall undergo a routine Pulmonary function testing…
- Trial name
- NCT01429766
- Testing
- Respiratory Training
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Hospital
Sleep Disordered Breathing, Hypoxia
AT1R Blockade and Periodic Breathing During Sleep in Hypoxia
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is characterized by regular periods of no breathing (apnea) or low levels of breathing (hypopnea) and leads to repeated periods of low oxygenation, termed intermittent hypoxia that causes…
- Conditions
- Sleep Disordered Breathing, Hypoxia, Respiration; Sleep Disorder, Chemoreceptor Apnea
- Trial name
- NCT03335904
- Testing
- Hyperoxic Hypercapnic Ventilatory Response Test, Hypoxic Hypercapnic Ventilatory Response Test, Repeated Hypoxic Apneas
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia