New study aims to help ventilator patients breathe on their own faster
NCT ID NCT07353814
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests two methods to train the breathing muscles of patients with respiratory failure who are on mechanical ventilators. One method slowly increases the effort needed to trigger a breath, while the other gradually reduces the machine's support. The goal is to see which approach helps patients wean off the ventilator and breathe independently more successfully. The study will include 60 adults aged 40-55 who are stable enough to try spontaneous breathing.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 60 people
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- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
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Mar 2027
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Other sponsor
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40 to 55 years
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Acute respiratory failure patients in the ICU are receiving MV for 48 h or more in a controlled mode. * Their ages will range from 40 to 55 years old, and both sexes will be included. * Conscious and oriented patients with a Glasgow coma score ≥13 (≥9T). * Alertness score with a Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) will be from 0 to -1. * All patients in this study must be hemodynamically and medically stable. * Patients must be able to trigger spontaneous breaths on the ventilator but couldn't generate maximum inspiratory pressure more than -15 mbar. Exclusion Criteria: * Persistent hemodynamic instability as life-threatening conditions or comorbidities interfere with and compromise weaning, like cardiac arrhythmia, pericardial effusion, congestive heart failure, or acute coronary syndrome. * Severe breathlessness when spontaneously breathing. * Any progressive neuromuscular disease, such as myopathy or neuropathy, that would interfere with responding to inspiratory muscle training due to inadequate training performance of the inspiratory muscle. * Spinal cord injury. * Skeletal pathology (scoliosis, flail chest, spinal instrumentation) that would seriously impair the movement of the chest wall and ribs. * Patients in a coma or under heavy sedation (RASS ≤ -2) and with respiratory muscle paralysis. * High peak airway pressure (barotrauma), high PEEP \>10, or active pneumothorax.
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kasr Al Ainy Hospital
Cairo, Giza Governorate, 11956, Egypt
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