Comparison Between Two Methods of Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Respiratory Failure

In brief

To compare a new mode of mechanical ventilation, Automatic Tube Compensation (ATC) with a traditional one, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure(CPAP), on its effectiveness for detecting patients no longer needing mechanical ventilation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00400881

Run by

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso

People needed

122

Starts

2007-01-01

Expected to finish

2011-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• patients 18 years of age or older
• on mechanical ventilation at Thomason Hospital Intensive Care Unit for more than 24 hours
• about to undergo SBT by the current institutional protocol for weaning assessment ordered by their treating physician
• availability of informed consent from patient or next of kin

You may not qualify if…

• patients for whom a decision has been made not to reinstitute ventilatory assistance under any circumstance
• pregnancy
• patients not considered for discontinuation of mechanical ventilation on the day of SBT

Where it is running

• University Medical Center Hospital — El Paso, Texas, United States

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