Asthma drug tested for breathing machine patients
NCT ID NCT01958814
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether giving the drug salbutamol (often used in asthma inhalers) through a nebulizer helps people with severe COPD who are having a flare-up and need a breathing machine. The trial included 43 adults and compared the drug to a placebo. The main goal was to see if it improved lung function and breathing symptoms.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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43 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Feb 2012
- Finished
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Jul 2015
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient over 18 years old * Patient with BPCO, defined: * by an irreversible obstructive syndrome * and\\or by different arguments (histories, symptoms, physical examination, thoracic radiography, gas of the blood) * Decompensation of this BPCO in the form of acute respiratory failure * No argument for a dominant acute left cardiac insufficiency * Consent signed by the patient * Patient with national health assurance Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications in the not invasive ventilation * Patient not volunteer for the realization of the spirometry * Precautions for use of ß2 mimetic (engrave hyperthyroidism) * Under guardianship patient or protection of justice * Pregnant patient
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU de Tours
Tours, 37000, France
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Service de Réanimation
Poitiers, 86000, France
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Service de Réanimation Médicale - CHR d'Orléans
Orléans, 45000, France
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