Could a bag CPAP device save lives in Low-Resource hospitals?
NCT ID NCT07460427
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a Bag CPAP device, added to standard oxygen, can reduce the need for breathing tubes in adults with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Researchers in Rwanda will randomly assign 250 patients to receive either Bag CPAP plus oxygen or oxygen alone. The main goal is to see if fewer patients meet criteria for intubation by day 7.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Bag CPAP device
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a low-cost way to reduce the need for breathing tubes and improve survival in resource-limited hospitals.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial in one country, and the device may cause side effects like skin sores or sinusitis. It may not reduce intubation rates as hoped.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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About 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
1. Inclusion criteria All patients aged 18 years or older will be included in the study if they meet the following criteria: * De novo acute respiratory distress, characterized by the presence of dyspnea at rest, the use of accessory muscles for breathing, or a respiratory rate of 25 cycles per minute or more. * Hypoxemia, defined as a SpO2/FiO2 ratio less than 315 or a PaO2/FiO2 ratio less than 300 mmHg (if arterial blood gas is available) despite an oxygen therapy of 6 L/min. FiO2 will be estimated by the rule of 3% (Coudroy formula)(18,22). SpO2 should be less than 98% when assessing the SpO2/FiO2 ratio. 2. Exclusion criteria Patients with one of the following criteria will be excluded from the study: * Absolute contraindications to CPAP: patient's refusal, uncontrollable vomiting, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, open or sucking chest wound, pneumothorax not drained, craniofacial trauma, severe burns to the face, severe upper airway obstruction, traumatic tetraplegia at the initial stage, tracheostomy. * Moderate to massive pleural effusion not drained * Cardiac arrest, severe ventricular arrhythmias, and shock defined as the need for vasopressor support (adrenaline, noradrenaline, or dopamine) * Altered level of consciousness (GCS below 12), repetitive convulsions, or status epilepticus * Do not intubate or resuscitate order before the inclusion in the study * Refusal to participate, already included in the study, enrollment in another interventional trial on acute respiratory failure
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda
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