Structured Light Plethysmography Against Standard of Care in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Dysfunctional Breathing

Dysfunctional Breathing Clinical Trial

— SLPDB  

Official title:

An Observational, Controlled, Single Centre Study Validating the Structured Light Plethysmography Against Standard of Care in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Dysfunctional Breathing

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04255446
• Other study ID #: PCL-SLPDB-2020
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: October 2025
• Est. completion date: October 2026

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Pneumacare Ltd
• Contact: Gin Lee
• Phone: +44 1223 967418
• Email: gin.lee[@]pneumacare.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This is an observational, controlled, single-centre study to validate the Thora3Di™ against standard practice in patients who are undergoing investigation for disproportionate breathlessness. The core methodology involves capturing of data during a short period of measurement of breathing using SLP.

Description:

Cohort A: This study is a pilot study with four study visits (Screening, Baseline, week 13 and week 26) to generate data to characterise the tidal breathing patterns and parameters with Thora3Di™. Subjects will have a screening visit within 0 to 14 days prior to the first study visit. For each study visit, subjects will be seen in the clinical research facility and have two 5-minute SLP measurements (at rest and on exertion). The SLP measurement should be performed prior to standard lung function tests with minimal impact on clinical time and not change to hospital attendance. Also, each visit subjects will be asked to report concomitant medications and adverse events, and fill several questionnaires forms as outlined in the SOAs. Cohort B: Healthy subjects will have only one visit for this study. After signing the informed consent form, subjects will undergo two 5-minutes SLP measurements (at rest and on exertion).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: October 2026
• Est. primary completion date: August 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• • Cohort A: Any adult who is presenting with controlled disproportionate breathlessness will be considered for inclusion as a diseased subject (with excluded comorbidities as cause of breathlessness e.g. uncontrolled asthma (GINA 2019 guidelines), uncontrolled cardiac disease, ILO).
• Cohort B: Any adult who is in good respiratory health will be considered for inclusion as a normal in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject unable to sit in an upright position for required period
• Subjects with significant co morbidities (assessed by the clinician at screening

only):

• Chest wall or spinal deformity e.g. scoliosis OSA, Apnoea hypopnoea index > 30 (if known)
• Any other significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the investigator, may either put the participants at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or the participants' ability to participate in the study
• BMI > 40
• Height > 194 cm
• Female participant who is pregnant, lactating or planning pregnancy during the course of the study
• Inability to consent/comply with trial protocol

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dysfunctional Breathing
• Respiratory Aspiration

Intervention

Device:
• Thora3DiTM
Not international

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Pneuma Care Ltd	Ely	Cambridgeshire

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Pneumacare Ltd

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Estabilsih expected value and dispersion of Structured Light Phlethysmography in Dysfunctional breathing patients	Measure SLP parameters during the course of the treatment : Baseline, Week 13 and Week 26 at rest and at exertion	26 weeks
Secondary	Establish a relationship between Structured Light Phlethysmography parameters and patient report outcomes addressed.	Compare SLP parameters with patient outcome reports (Nijmegen and St George Respiratory Questionnaires and BPAT and BORG scores during the course of the treatment	26 weeks
Secondary	Establish different SLP parameters between patients with dysfunctional breathing and healthy subjects.	Compare the differences in SLP parameters between patients with dysfunctional breathing and healthy subjects	26 weeks