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Administrative data

NCT number NCT04219644
Other study ID # SCH-15-048
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date October 2015
Est. completion date September 2017

Study information

Verified date January 2020
Source Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In the emergency department, a sick child is usually seen first by the nursing staff. Their job is to quickly assess how sick the child is and what immediate care is needed. The nurse will usually use suitable devices to check vital signs, such as body temperature, pulse rate and blood oxygen levels. However, normally the respiratory rate has to be manually counted (this is the average number of breaths taken each minute) because there is no suitable device which can automatically do this assessment. To overcome this problem we have produced a noncontact device that can automatically measure respiratory rate in children. The device has been designed using the latest technology and works by directly sensing the air coming from the nose or the mouth when held at about 20 cm from the face. It has been tested on adults and children and compared to the usual methods of measuring respiratory rate. We have used comments and Suggestions from members of the public and healthcare professionals from hospital, general practice and the ambulance service to help us develop the device. With this study, we explore the applicability and usefulness of the device in a range of difference clinical and nonclinical settings. Its performance will be carefully evaluated on children and adults in children's nurseries, schools, university, hospital emergency departments, general practice surgeries and ambulances. In the future, when using the device nursing staff will easily be able to measure each child's respiratory rate so that the most seriously ill children will be identified earlier and get correct treatment more quickly. This will ensure that the right children get admitted to intensive care units sooner and, in some cases, deaths will be prevented.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 78
Est. completion date September 2017
Est. primary completion date December 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Any adult or child within each setting, of any age with any clinical condition, as this will reflect clinical practice.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients deemed too unwell to consent to the procedures or requiring emergency treatment will not be approached.

- For the purposes of this feasibility study, families whose first language is not English will be excluded, to save translation and interpretation costs.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Device:
Breatheasy device


Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Respiratory rate using the prototype device In the future, when using the device nursing staff will easily be able to measure each child's respiratory rate so that the most seriously ill children will be identified earlier and get correct treatment more quickly. 5 minutes
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