Video game coaching may help kids master cough machines
NCT ID NCT06190431
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a playful coaching feature on a cough-assist device helps children learn to use it more effectively. Researchers will compare learning speed and cough quality in healthy children aged 6-12, and later in children with neuromuscular diseases. The goal is to make training easier and more consistent, potentially improving long-term use of this airway clearance therapy.
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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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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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6 to 12 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Part 1: * Inclusion criteria * Age 6-12 (F/M) * Acceptance of consent (child + 2 parents) * Non-smoker * Speak and understand French * Schooling in mainstream education * Exclusion criteria * Comorbidities: congenital heart disease, chronic lung disease, immune deficiency, neuromuscular disease, neurological disease or multiple disabilities * History or clinical signs of disease affecting lung function, recent lung infection, spinal or thoracic deformity. Part 2: * Inclusion criteria * Age 6-12 (F/M) * Acceptance of consent (child + 2 parents) * Non-smoker * Speak and understand French * Patient with a neuromuscular disease * Able to perform the MI-E maneuver * Exclusion criteria * Hemodynamic instability * Current or recent pneumothorax * Hemoptysis
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Locations
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Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc
RECRUITINGBrussels, Brussels Capital, 1200, Belgium
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