Diagnostic Accuracy Of Forced Oscillation Technique To Detect Lung Function Anomalies

Respiratory Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Diagnostic Accuracy Of Forced Oscillation Technique To Detect Lung Function Anomalies

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04006964
• Other study ID #: 2/17
• Status: Completed
• Start date: October 18, 2018
• Est. completion date: June 26, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: Restech Srl
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The diagnosis of a lung function anomaly requires the evaluation of pulmonary function by spirometry. However, some patients (e.g. children, elderly, or diseased individuals) may have difficulty performing the related forced maximal respiratory maneuver correctly. Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT) measures lung impedance during tidal breathing, requiring minimal patient cooperation. The purpose of this study is to establish the diagnostic accuracy of FOT parameters alone or in combination with lung volumes in detecting lung function anomalies as compared with spirometry and with the diagnosis made by the physician.

Description:

Purpose and Rationale The diagnosis of a lung function anomaly requires the evaluation of pulmonary function by spirometry. However, some patients (e.g. children, elderly, or diseased individuals) may have difficulty performing the related forced maximal respiratory maneuver correctly. FOT measures lung impedance during tidal breathing, requiring minimal patient cooperation. The within-breath calculation of impedance allows separating the contribution of inspiration and expiration to the measured parameters. The purpose of this study is to establish the diagnostic accuracy of FOT parameters alone or in combination with lung volumes in detecting lung function anomalies as compared with spirometry and with the diagnosis made by the physician.

Objectives Primary: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of FOT with spirometry to detect a lung function anomaly (i.e. an obstructive and/or restrictive respiratory disease).

Secondary: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of FOT with the final diagnosis made by the physician (i.e. the diagnosis based on current guidelines) to detect a lung function anomaly (i.e. an obstructive and/or restrictive respiratory disease).

Study Design This will be a multi-center prospective study of consecutive subjects attending the pulmonary function test laboratory for pulmonary function tests (PFT) or randomly taken from the clinical site's records among those with symptoms with two separate study phases, an Identification Phase and a Validation Phase. Subjects will undergo the same study procedures in both phases. After signing the Informed Consent, a medical history will be obtained, a physical examination performed, and PFT (FOT, spirometry and, if required by the physician to reach a final diagnosis, additional lung function measurements) will be performed.

Identification Phase: Subject data will be used to identify two separate rules based on abnormal lung volumes and impedance (FOT) parameters that will maximize the accuracy in identifying a lung function anomaly. For the primary objective, the reference test for the determination of such lung anomaly will be spirometry. For the secondary objective, the reference test for the determination of the presence of a lung function anomaly will be the final diagnosis made by the physician.

Validation Phase: A separate and independent dataset of subjects will be used to test the accuracy of the rules identified from analysis of the Identification Phase in detecting a lung function anomaly.

Study Duration Subject participation will be completed in 1 day. Study duration is expected to be 7 months

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 579
• Est. completion date: June 26, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 26, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 3 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All subjects =3 years old attending the pulmonary function laboratory with an order for PFT or

• Subjects =3 years old randomly chosen from a database of subjects having respiratory symptoms at the time of inclusion into the database.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects unable to provide written Informed Consent (or not provided by the participant's parent/guardian) and Assent Form (where applicable).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Respiration Disorders
• Respiratory Disease
• Respiratory Tract Diseases

Intervention

Device:
• Resmon PRO FULL v2
Measurement of lung impedance by the Forced Oscillation Technique

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII	Bergamo
Italy	Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Meyer	Firenze	FI
Italy	Istituto di Biomedicina e Immunologia Molecolare "A. Monroy"	Palermo
Italy	Catholic University of the Sacred Heart	Roma	Lazio
United States	University of Vermont Medical Center Inc.,	Burlington	Vermont
United States	Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor- UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Restech Srl	MGC Diagnostics

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Italy, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Decision rule that maximises sensitivity and specificity as compared with spirometry	This will be a rule to detect lung anomalies as compared with spirometry that will be identified and validated in two separate populations	1 day
Secondary	Decision rule that maximises sensitivity and specificity as compared with physician's diagnosis	This will be a rule to detect lung anomalies as compared with physician's final diagnosis that will be identified and validated in two separate populations	1 day

External Links

•   Global Initiative for Asthma. Global strategy for asthma management and prevention, 2017.