Cough Monitoring Study

Completed

Conditions studied: Cough, Reflux

In brief

The aim of the study is to establish the accuracy of a new device designed specifically to record and detect cough episodes. Cough is an important defense mechanism of the respiratory tract. The presence of chronic cough may indicate the presence of underlying diseases, including reflux. Despite the increased number of patients suffering from cough in the ENT and GI practice, to date, there has been no method/device to objectively assess the frequency of cough episodes in a given patient. PULMOTRACK-CC, manufactured by KarmelSonix (Haifa, Israel), has recently introduced an innovative device that is able to record cough episodes and then automatically detect and count them with the help of a specific software program. This study will assess the accuracy of this novel cough monitoring and counting technology and validate potential clinical use in patients with chronic cough.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01263626
Run by: Vanderbilt University
People needed: 33
Starts: 2010-11-01
Expected to finish: 2014-12-01
Last updated by the study team: 2015-06-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Arm 1: healthy volunteers:
Male and female volunteers 18 years of age and older
No history of chronic or acute cough and throat clearing
Ability to read a 5th grade script written in English for approximately 20 minutes
Arm 2: patients:
Male and female volunteers 18 years of age and older
Cough as chief complaint
Referred to the GI clinic to evaluate if reflux is the cause of their chief complaint
pH testing for standard of care purposes

You may not qualify if…

Subjects who are not able to give informed consent

Where it is running

Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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