NCT01393015

Brief Summary

Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use feasibility of FreeO2 so as to deliver automatically oxygen and to enable a remote medical monitoring with a homogeneous patient population hospitalize for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)exacerbation. Hypothesis: The principal hypothesis is that FreeO2 is possible and well-accepted by nurses and medical personnel and there are advantages to use this system. In comparison with the common oxygen delivery (the rotameter), the hypothesis is that FreeO2 system will make for a better control of the oxygen saturation in function of designed target, reducing the desaturation time and hyperoxia. We think that oxygen weaning will be faster than classical way if it is automated. In addition, FreeO2 could reduce the number of intervention by nurse personnel and to improve the support with centralized monitoring in the FreeO2 group.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
50

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Jul 2011

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

July 1, 2011

Completed
10 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

July 11, 2011

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 13, 2011

Completed
5 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2011

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2011

Completed
Last Updated

July 13, 2011

Status Verified

May 1, 2011

Enrollment Period

5 months

First QC Date

July 11, 2011

Last Update Submit

July 12, 2011

Conditions

Keywords

automaticautomationoxygenweaningCOPDexacerbation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Possibility to use a new closed-loop system for oxygen delivery in common practice

    We will see if nurses and medical personnel are agree to work with FreeO2 system. We want to know if the new system of automated adjustment of oxygen flow is useful in common practice.

    6 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • Time of oxygen weaning between common oxygen delivery and closed-loop automatic titration of oxygen flow based on SpO2.

    6 months

  • Percentage of time with desaturation during the oxygentherapy

    6 months

  • Percentage of time with hyperoxia during the oxygentherapy

    6 months

Study Arms (2)

FreeO2 system

EXPERIMENTAL

FreeO2 is a new system that automatically adjusts the oxygen flow delivered to patients in closed-loop based on the SpO2 signal. This system is intended to maintain SpO2 in a predefined target and to adapt oxygen flow to patient's needs.

Device: Automated settings on the oxygen delivery device

Rotameter (flowmeter)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

A rotameter is a device that measures the flow rate of liquid or gas in a closed tube.

Device: Manual settings with FreeO2 system in collection mode

Interventions

FreeO2 automatically adjusts the oxygen flow delivered to patients based on the SpO2 signal. Patients keep using the same device for duration of hospitalization.

FreeO2 system

Oxygen flow delivery is adjust by nurse and respiratory therapists. Standard medical treatment. Patients keep using the same device for duration of hospitalization.

Rotameter (flowmeter)

Eligibility Criteria

Age40 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Patient hospitalized for COPD exacerbation
  • Years and older
  • Former or current smoker greater than or equal to 10 pack-years
  • Suspicion or diagnosis of COPD at the hospitalisation
  • Acute dyspnea or acute aggravation of dyspnea
  • Respiratory rate greater than or equal to 20 breaths/min
  • Patient needs an oxygen therapy by nasal cannula with oxygen delivered between 0.5 to 8L/min to hold SpO2 greater than or equal to 92%

You may not qualify if:

  • Imminent indications for intubation
  • FreeO2 system is unavailable at the moment of randomization
  • Patient participates to another clinical trial without possibility of co-enrollment
  • Patient with diagnosis of sleep apnea

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Centre de recherche de l'institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec

Québec, Quebec, G1V 4G5, Canada

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

  • Poder TG, Kouakou CRC, Bouchard PA, Tremblay V, Blais S, Maltais F, Lellouche F. Cost-effectiveness of FreeO2 in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalised for acute exacerbations: analysis of a pilot study in Quebec. BMJ Open. 2018 Jan 23;8(1):e018835. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018835.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lung Diseases, ObstructiveLung DiseasesRespiratory Tract DiseasesChronic DiseaseDisease AttributesPathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

  • François Lellouche, Md

    Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, University Laval

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Pierre-Alexandre Bouchard, inh

CONTACT

Maude Roberge

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

July 11, 2011

First Posted

July 13, 2011

Study Start

July 1, 2011

Primary Completion

December 1, 2011

Study Completion

December 1, 2011

Last Updated

July 13, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-05

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