A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT)in the ICU and CCU

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Critically Ill, Respiratory Failure

In brief

Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) is an intervention used with success in the outpatient setting within the COPD population. Use of IMT is also theoretically possible during mechanical ventilation. This study will will assess the feasibility and safety of the study of IMT in the patient population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02003053

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

7

Starts

2013-04-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Mechanically ventilated patients.
• Must have passed spontaneuos brething trial screening but failed the trial itself.
• Potential subject must be able to perform atleast 5 minutes of spontaneous breathing trial.

You may not qualify if…

• Known neuromuscular disease
• Unstable cardiac ischemia
• Tracheostomized patients

Where it is running

• Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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