Lung clearance study reveals ventilation secrets in COPD
NCT ID NCT06381973
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how a breathing technique called ELTGOL affects air distribution in the lungs of people with COPD and healthy volunteers. Participants lay on their side while researchers measured lung activity using a special imaging method. The goal was to understand how manual pressure on the chest and belly changes airflow, which may help improve breathing treatments.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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33 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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May 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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40 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy subjects: No acute or chronic respiratory disease, normal lung function, non-smoker. * Patients with COPD: forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1) ≤ 80% predicted value, in stable state. Exclusion Criteria: * Healthy subjects: obesity (BMI \> 35kg/m²); active or former smoker; severe scoliosis; cardiovascular or neuromuscular disease; active implant (cardiac pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD); thoracic skin lesion. * Patients with COPD: obesity (BMI \> 35kg/m²); severe scoliosis; severe cardiovascular disease; neuromuscular disease; active implant (cardiac pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD); thoracic skin lesion.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
Brussels, Brussels Capital, 1200, Belgium
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