Clinical trials: Respiratory Insufficiency
ARDS, Covid19
Prolonged Prone Positioning for COVID-19-induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Prone positioning is one of the few therapies known to improve mortality in ARDS. Traditionally, patients are proned for 16 hours per 24 hour period. Some retrospective data suggests improvement may persist beyond 16 hours.
- Conditions
- ARDS, Covid19, Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
- Trial name
- NCT04581811
- Testing
- Prolonged Proned Positioning, Traditional Proning Arm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Transplant; Failure, Kidney, Renal Disease, End Stage
Oral Paricalcitol in Kidney Transplant Recipients
This study is being done to find out whether patients who receive a kidney transplant can benefit from taking the medication paricalcitol (trade name Zemplar®) as compared to kidney transplant recipients not taking this…
- Conditions
- Transplant; Failure, Kidney, Renal Disease, End Stage, Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary
- Trial name
- NCT00587158
- Testing
- Paricalcitol, Corticosteroid Avoidance Immune Suppression Protocol
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Maxillary Retrusion, Nasal Airway Obstruction
Evaluation of the Effect of Three Types of Rapid Maxillary Expanders (Conventional, Hybrid and MSE)
Aim of the study: To compare radiographically the morphometric changes in the nasal airway after using three types of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) conventional hyrax (CH), hybrid hyrax (HH) and maxillary skeletal expander…
- Trial name
- NCT05446714
- Testing
- CH 4 band, HH 2 bands, MSE 2 bands and 4
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Al-Azhar University
Mask Ventilation, Airway Obstruction Upper
The Articulated Oral Airway as an Aid to Mask Ventilation
The Articulating Oral Airway (AOA) is a novel oral airway which actively displaces the tongue, allowing for a greater cross-sectional area for mask ventilation.
- Conditions
- Mask Ventilation, Airway Obstruction Upper, Airway Management
- Trial name
- NCT03144089
- Testing
- Articulated Oral Airway, Guedel oral airway (active comparator)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ron Abrons
Opioid Toxicity, Pupillary Miosis
Pupillary Unrest as an Indicator of Central Opioid Effect in Subjects 40-60 Years of Age
This study will establish the relationship between magnitude of opioid exposure and a pupillary measure referred to as PUAL (pupillary unrest in ambient light), in subjects aged 40-60.
- Conditions
- Opioid Toxicity, Pupillary Miosis, Respiratory Depression
- Trial name
- NCT05391555
- Testing
- Remifentanil Hydrochloride, Pupillometry measurement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
COVID 19, SARS-CoV 2
Mavrilimumab to Reduce Progression of Acute Respiratory Failure in COVID-19 Pneumonia and Systemic Hyper-inflammation
The purpose of this prospective, Phase 2, multicenter, blinded, randomized placebo controlled study is to demonstrate that early treatment with mavrilimumab prevents progression of respiratory failure in patients with severe…
- Conditions
- COVID 19, SARS-CoV 2, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- NCT04399980
- Testing
- Mavrilimumab
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Respiratory Failure
Trilogy Comparison Study - Pediatrics
The objective of this study (Part II) will be to compare the performance of the Trilogy device and a conventional ventilator (participant's current device).
- Trial name
- NCT00810459
- Testing
- Trilogy Ventilator, Standard of Care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Philips Respironics
Respiratory Insufficiency, Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Juno Perth Clinical Trial
This study is to evaluate the efficacy of a new therapy (Automatic Expiratory Positive Airway Pressure with intelligent Volume Assured Pressure Support (AutoEPAP iVAPS)) designed to treat respiratory insufficiency, respiratory…
- Conditions
- Respiratory Insufficiency, Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Neuromuscular Disease
- Trial name
- NCT02317042
- Testing
- Juno
- Where
- 2 sites in Australia
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- ResMed
Acute Respiratory Failure
Pharmacokinetic Alterations During ECMO
In a healthy patient, the lungs provide oxygen to the blood and remove carbon dioxide. However, in patients with severe lung failure, blood may not adequately be delivered to the lungs, or the lungs may not adequately supply…
- Trial name
- NCT01938079
- Testing
- Ketamine, Sedative drug regimen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Respiratory Failure
Nebulized Hypertonic Saline for Mechanically Ventilated Children
Children who need to be on a ventilator often have thick secretions/mucus in their lungs. These secretions can obstruct the breathing tube and their windpipe, which can worsen lung function and prolong the need for the…
- Trial name
- NCT01945944
- Testing
- Hypertonic saline (3%)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Respiratory Failure
Oral Suction Intervention to Reduce Aspiration and Ventilator Events: NO-ASPIRATE
Insertion of a breathing tube to enable treatment with mechanical ventilation (respirator) is often associated with complications, such as infection and lung injury.
- Trial name
- NO-ASPIRATE (NCT02284178)
- Testing
- Enhanced oropharyngeal suction, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 513 people
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Hypercapnia, Ventilatory Depression
Clinical Study to Investigate the Effect of the Combination of Psychotropic Drugs and an Opioid on Ventilation
Opioids can decrease breathing and co-administration of benzodiazepines with opioids can further decrease breathing. It is unknown whether certain other drugs also decrease breathing when co-administered with opioids.
- Trial name
- NCT04310579
- Testing
- Oxycodone and Midazolam, Oxycodone, Paroxetine, and Quetiapine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Acute Respiratory Failure
Treatment of Critical Illness Polyneuromyopathy
Acute respiratory failure is a heterogeneous disorder that results in more than 300,000 Americans requiring admission to an intensive care unit for invasive mechanical ventilatory support each year.
- Trial name
- Do-It-Now (NCT01058421)
- Testing
- intensive physical therapy, control group
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
CoronaVirus Induced Disease-2019 (COVID-19)
Study of Oral Ibrutinib Capsules to Assess Respiratory Failure in Adult Participants With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Pulmonary Injury
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Lung failure is the main cause of death related to COVID-19 infection.
- Trial name
- iNSPIRE (NCT04375397)
- Testing
- Ibrutinib
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- AbbVie
Abdominal Surgery, Respiratory Failure
Metabolites of Tramadol in the Postoperative Surgical Patients
Tramadol is opioid analgesic widely used to treat moderate to severe pain. It is metabolized by cytochrome CYP2D6 into two major metabolites: pharmacologically active metabolite O-desmethyltramadol (M1) and inactive…
- Conditions
- Abdominal Surgery, Respiratory Failure, Renal Failure, Liver Dysfunction
- Trial name
- METRAS (NCT04004481)
- Testing
- Postoperative analgesia using tramadol
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Osijek University Hospital
Postoperative Pulmonary Atelectasis, Surgery
Prophylactic nCPAP Following Bowel Surgery (Bio-REB File 11-27)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether prophylactic nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) in the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU) improves post-operative pulmonary function following elective bowel…
- Trial name
- NCT01316575
- Testing
- nCPAP, Low Flow Oxygen
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Respiratory Failure
Multi-center Evaluation of the NEMO Gauge to Aid in Correct Positioning of the Endotracheal Tube
The aim of this study is to verify the safety and accuracy of an FDA-approved device called the NEMO™ Gauge to aide in the proper positioning of the endotracheal tube (ETT), inserted in the lungs of patients admitted to the…
- Trial name
- NCT02787681
- Testing
- NEMO Gauge
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes, Pancreatic Insufficiency
Pilot and Feasibility Study for the Treatment of Pre-diabetes in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis
The purpose of this study is to provide the necessary data and experience to design a larger, full scale clinical trial to determine if a certain medicine (repaglinide), which increases the amount of insulin secreted by the…
- Trial name
- NCT00763412
- Testing
- repaglinide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Arbelaez, Ana Maria
Endotracheal Extubation, Airway Obstruction
Efficacy Study of a Novel Device to Clean the Endotracheal Tube
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the in-vivo efficacy of a novel device (endOclear) for cleaning the endotracheal tube (ETT) lumen from secretions.
- Conditions
- Endotracheal Extubation, Airway Obstruction, Airway Control, Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
- Trial name
- NCT01765530
- Testing
- ETT cleaning maneuver
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cardiac Surgery
Risk of Oxygen During Cardiac Surgery Trial
The investigators will recruit and randomize 200 elective cardiac surgery patients to receive physiologic oxygenation (normoxia) or hyper-oxygenation (hyperoxia) during surgery to test the hypothesis that intraoperative…
- Trial name
- ROCS (NCT02361944)
- Testing
- Oxygen - normoxia, Oxygen - hyperoxia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 213 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University