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NCT number NCT01569360
Other study ID # P091121
Secondary ID
Status Withdrawn
Phase Phase 3
First received March 26, 2012
Last updated December 18, 2013
Start date March 2012
Est. completion date March 2013

Study information

Verified date February 2012
Source Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority France: Ministry of Health
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Corsets are often used in the management of patients with a spinal cord injury. They may help to rigidify the patients' trunk which might help some patients to sit upright; their use may also reduce the sensation of dyspnea some patients have while sitting upright. Due to spinal cord injury, abdominal muscles are weakened which can contribute to alter the respiratory function of the patients. But the corset by rigidifying the abdominal wall can improve the efficiency of the respiratory muscles in some patients and reduce dyspnea in the sitting position for some patients. However, when patients with spinal cord injury are followed over time, one can observe that some patients discontinue corset use. The investigators observed that the patients who pursue the corset use still have a significant improvement of their respiratory function with the corset while the patients who have discontinued the use have improved their respiratory function in the upright position (without the corset). As of now, the investigators do not know whether the use of the corset is discontinued because of a spontaneous improvement of the respiratory function or whether discontinuing the use of the corset may help to develop abdominal spasticity and therefore to improve respiratory function. The investigators seek to investigate this issue in order to optimize the management of patients who present spinal cord injury.


Description:

Corsets are widely used in the management of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Their use provides a certain amount of rigidity to the trunk which may help some patients to maintain posture; they also may contribute when used in combination with contention to reduce orthostatic hypotension. Last, they may reduce dyspnea and improve respiratory tolerance while sitting. Indeed, patients with recent SCI worsen their respiratory function in the sitting position secondary to the hypotonia of abdominal muscles which places the diaphragm in a lower and less efficient position. The use of a corset rigidifies the abdominal wall and therefore improves the diaphragm contraction's efficiency leading to an improvement of vital capacity (VC) and a reduction of dyspnea in the sitting position. But although some patients continue to use a corset overtime, others discontinue its use. We recently observed that corset users presented an improvement of VC with corset use proportional to the improvement of VC observed in the supine position while patients who had discontinued its use did not exhibit a reduction of VC between the supine and the upright position suggesting that they presented a more rigid abdominal wall.

It is not known whether corset use discontinuation results from the spontaneous improvement respiratory function in the upright position or leads to the appearance of abdominal spasticity and to the improvement of respiratory function.

Therefore, we aim to study the effect of the long term corset use on SCI patients' respiratory function.

We will conduct a monocentric prospective open study of 56 SCI patients (SCI level ranging from C5 to T8 ASIA A or B) with a recent lesion (<4 months). The evolution of respiratory function and dyspnea with and without corset use will be studied over a 2 years period. An evaluation of spasticity overtime will also be conducted. After randomization (corset use or not) evaluation will be conducted after 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years and will include: pulmonary function test with and without corset in the upright position and in the supine position, blood gases, dyspnea scores in the different positions and spasticity assessment.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Withdrawn
Enrollment 0
Est. completion date March 2013
Est. primary completion date March 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult patients = 18ans

- Spinal cord injury with an ASIA score of A or B

- Spinal cord injury with an injury level from C5 to T8 (included)

- Initial injury < 4 months

- Previous medical examination

- Signed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

- Unstable respiratory state (far from secondary infection or congestion episode)

- Refusal to participate to the study

- Pregnant or nursing women

- Previous corset use

- No affiliation to social security system

- Impossibility to sustain the sitting position for several weeks or months (due to skin sore or planned surgery …)

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Intervention

Device:
Corset
the patients are assigned the use of a custome made corset during daytime

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Vital capacity in the upright and supine position Measurement of the vital capacity in the upright and supine position at day 0, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. 1 hour No
Secondary Maximal respiratory pressures Measurement of non invasive maximal respiratory inspiratory (Pimax) and expiratory (Pemax) pressures in the upright position at day 0, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. 30 minutes No
Secondary Blood gases Measurement of blood gases (PO2, PCO2 and O2 saturation) at rest at day 0, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. 15 minutes No
Secondary Borg dyspnéa scale evaluation of dyspnea in the supine and in the upright position with the Borg dyspnea scale at day 0, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. 5 minutes No
Secondary Ashworth scale Evaluation of spasticity with the Ashworth scale at day 0, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. 5 minutes No
Secondary Penn scale Evaluation of spasticity with the Penn scale at day 0, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. 5 minutes No
Secondary Blood pressure Evaluation blood pressure in the upright and in the supine position at day 0, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. 5 minutes No
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