Comparison of the Bulb Aspirator to a Nasal Oral Aspirator in the Treatment of Bronchiolitis

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Conditions studied: Bronchiolitis, Aspirator

In brief

The investigators aim to compare the standard bulb aspirator with that of a nasal oral aspirator. The hypothesis is that use of a nasal oral aspirator is more effective at removing nasal secretions in the treatment of bronchiolitis as measured by a predicted 50% decrease in the rate of unscheduled bronchiolitis return visits. The primary endpoint will be the number of unscheduled bronchiolitis return visits; secondary endpoints will include measurements of oral intake, respiratory relief, parental device preference and adverse events.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03288857

Run by

University of Texas at Austin

People needed

236

Starts

2017-11-22

Expected to finish

2019-03-21

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-19

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 2. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children >28 days of life to < 2 years of age discharged home from the DCMC ED with a diagnosis of bronchiolitis (diagnosis made per provider discretion)
• Caregiver fluent in English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

• Previous enrollment
• Hospital admission
• Parental refusal to be randomized to an aspirator device (i.e., family prefers current device and does not wish to be randomized to a potentially different product)
• Current bacterial pneumonia
• Diagnosis of asthma
• Chronic lung disease
• Significant underlying cardiac disease
• Chronic neuromuscular disease

Where it is running

• Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas — Austin, Texas, United States

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