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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to test if the vaccine is working well in COPD patients aged 40 to 80 years old to reduce episodes of worsening symptoms ("exacerbations") and to gather further information on safety and immune response. In the current study, COPD patients with a history of acute exacerbations will receive 2 doses of the investigational vaccine or placebo intramuscularly according to a 0, 2 month vaccination schedule, in addition to standard care. The effect of vaccination against two pathogens known to cause exacerbations (Non-typeable Haemophilus influenza [NTHi] and Moraxella catarrhalis [Mcat]) will be evaluated at pre-defined timepoints (scheduled study visits). In addition to the scheduled study visits, additional study visit(s) and/ or phone contact(s) will take place for each acute exacerbation of COPD occurring from first vaccination up to study conclusion.
This study is a Phase II controlled clinical trial that will obtain comprehensive, serial assessments of respiratory muscle strength and architecture to understand the evolution of ventilator-induced respiratory muscle weakness in critically ill children, and test whether a novel computer-based approach (Real-time Effort Driven ventilator management (REDvent)) can preserve respiratory muscle strength and reduce time on MV. REDvent offers systematic recommendations to reduce controlled ventilation during the acute phase of MV, and uses real-time measures from esophageal manometry to adjust supported ventilator pressures such that patient effort of breathing remains in a normal range during the ventilator weaning phase. This phase II clinical trial is expected to enroll 276 children with pulmonary parenchymal disease, anticipated to be ventilated > 48 hrs. Patients will be randomized to REDvent-acute vs. usual care for the acute phase of MV (interval from intubation to first spontaneous breathing trial (SBT)). Patients in either group who fail their first Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT), will also be randomized to REDvent-weaning vs. usual care for the weaning phase of MV (interval from first SBT to passing SBT). The primary clinical outcome is length of weaning (time from first SBT until successful passage of an SBT or extubation (whichever comes first)). Mechanistic outcomes surround multi-modal serial measures of respiratory muscle capacity (PiMax), load (resistance, compliance), effort (esophageal manometry), and architecture (ultrasound) throughout the course of MV. Upon completion, this study will provide important information on the pathogenesis and timing of respiratory muscle weakness during MV in children and whether this weakness can be mitigated by promoting more normal patient effort during MV via the use of REDvent. This will form the basis for a larger, Phase III multi-center study, powered for key clinical outcomes such as 28-day Ventilator Free Days.
A multicentric study to explore variability when clinicians are intrepreting lung function tests. Comparison with results of in-house built software for automatic interpretation.
To evaluate the compatibility and correlation between noninvasive surface respiratory electromyography and invasive transesophageal diaphragmatic electromyography measurements, as facilitating indicators of neural respiratory drive evaluation during treadmill exercise. Transesophageal diaphragmatic EMG (EMGdi,es) and surface inspiratory EMG, including surface diaphragmatic EMG (EMGdi,sur), surface parasternal intercostal muscle EMG (EMGpara) and surface sternocleidomastoid EMG (EMGsc) were detected simultaneously during increasing capacity exercise in stable patients with COPD. EMGdi,es, EMGdi,sur, EMGpara and EMGsc was quantified using root mean square (RMS), which represent as RMSdi,es, RMSdi,sur, RMSpara and RMSsc.
Background. Mexico is lacking guidelines that provide an integral approach for the prevention and control of respiratory diseases in adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed a "Practical Approach to Lung Health" (PAL) using generic guidelines to be used in primary health care settings for diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases. These guidelines were adapted to the Mexican context as AIRE campaign by the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico. Objective. To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing a model of care for respiratory diseases in adults based on AIRE guidelines,. Materials and methods. Prospective quasi-experimental pre-post study. During 03-08/2013 (phase 1), investigators recruited consenting subjects older than 15 years of age seeking medical care in primary care centers in Orizaba, Veracruz. Researchers investigated sociodemographic, epidemiological and clinical information before consultation. On patients who had been diagnosed with respiratory disease by a physician, researchers investigated prescribed treatment on leaving the physician´s office. A month later conducted a home visit to investigate clinical outcome. During 09/2014 we trained doctors from the participating health centers in "AIRE" guidelines. From 10/2014 to 03/2015 (phase 2) researchers again surveyed all consenting subjects older than 15 years of age who received health services in the same health centers following the same procedures as in phase 1.
This is a pilot study that provides the investigators with an opportunity to assess the application of PSM technology for patient monitoring in the NICU. This is a prospective, observational, cohort study.The investigators expect the duration of infant participation in this study to be 6 hours per single recording session with no follow-up required.
The purpose of this long-term follow-up of a Phase I study is to evaluate the kinetics of the antibody response to NTHi-Mcat antigens and long-term safety, in subjects aged between 50-71 years at the time of enrolment in the NTHi-Mcat-001 study. These subjects were previously exposed to two adjuvanted formulations of the NTHi-Mcat vaccine administered according to a 0, 2 months schedule in the NTHi-Mcat-001 (201281) study. The subjects that had received saline placebo controls will also be included in this follow-up study to make comparisons with the investigational vaccines. No vaccinations will be administered in this trial.
Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) is the reference treatment for chronic respiratory failure. This treatment is based on the principle of oxygen supplementation via a source to correct hypoxemia in patients. At present, adherence to this treatment is difficult to evaluate (reporting by patients), but the results of the literature show poor LTOT compliance. It is therefore important to accurately measure the oxygen consumption by patients and to understand the factors explaining LTOT compliance. The ultimate aim is to improve our patient management to make them more observant in order to improve the therapeutic efficacy of the treatment.
The primary objective of the study is to determine the correlation between mean pleural pressure and oesophageal pressure in the immediate aftermath of bi-pulmonary transplantation. In this research, oesophageal pressure will be measured by a nasogastric tube with an esophageal balloon (also suitable for feeding the patient) usually installed at the time of transplantation, pleural pressure will be measured by several Pleurocath-type catheters (Prodimed Inc, France) which the thoracic surgeon will have positioned at the end of the surgery without additional skin intrusion.
Aging of the population is dramatically increasing the number of hospitalized patients, with the consequent challenges of limited medical personnel and resources in hospitals. Wireless technologies that create highly connected healthcare environments are developed to help hospitals address these issues, once these technologies are perfectly integrated in the hospital environment with respect to IT infrastructure for big data storage. Such devices have proven remarkable efficiencies in monitoring patients with high patient safety, data accuracy and security, which are essential to provide high quality patient care, reduce health-related costs and optimize the management of high numbers of patients. Cough is the most common condition that results in a visit to the physician. Often coughs are benign, but sometimes can be the sign of exacerbations of a chronic respiratory disease. Exacerbations are defined in the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) document "as an acute event characterised by a worsening of the patient's respiratory symptoms that is beyond normal day-to-day variations and leads to a change in medication". It is assumed that, if coughs were remotely monitored, hospitals might be unburdened, patients would be empowered to self-manage their health, and that prevention of serious respiratory diseases might be facilitated, thus improving health outcomes. Unfortunately, remote monitoring for cough that rely on self-reporting is impractical, as patients do not record data very reliably. On the contrary, a bed sensor under the mattress connected to a medical data analysis platform might monitor patients' micro-movements at night and alert the medical staff as soon as there is a cough exacerbation.