Can a mask help patients escape the breathing tube faster?
NCT ID NCT00213499
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether using a noninvasive ventilation mask (NIV) can help patients with chronic respiratory failure wean off mechanical ventilation more successfully. 205 patients who had been on a breathing tube for at least 48 hours and failed a spontaneous breathing test were randomly assigned to one of three weaning strategies: continued invasive ventilation, extubation with oxygen, or extubation with NIV. The goal was to see which approach led to the highest weaning success rate and fewer complications.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- noninvasive ventilation (NIV)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could establish NIV as a standard method to help patients with chronic respiratory failure get off breathing machines more quickly and safely.
- What could go wrong
- This trial is completed and results may not apply to all patients. NIV may not work for everyone and could delay necessary reintubation in some cases.
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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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205 people
- Start date
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Jan 2002
- Finished
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Sep 2008
- 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
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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.
Inclusion Criteria: * endotracheal mechanical ventilation for 48 hours or more for acute respiratory failure in chronic respiratory failure patients (obstructive or restrictive disease), * patient ready to be weaned (steady respiratory and hemodynamic conditions for 24 hours), * spontaneous breathing trial failure occurring between 5 minutes and 2 hours, judged on clinical and/or arterial blood gas tolerance, * written informed consent obtained (patient or family) Exclusion Criteria: * respiratory and hemodynamic instability * initial intubation considered as difficult * swallowing disorders suspected * inefficient cough * bronchial hypersecretion at the weaning time * non cooperant patient * contra-indications for nasal or facial mask (facial skin lesions,...) * recent history of upper gastro-intestinal surgery * recent history of myocardial infarction
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rouen University Charles Nicolle Hospital
Rouen, 76031, France
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