The ACCESSIT Study

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Conditions studied: Respiratory Support

In brief

The study is designed to characterize and monitor the structure, degree of activation and function of the different respiratory muscles during mechanical ventilation after spine trauma and spinal cord injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05207046

Run by

Unity Health Toronto

People needed

30

Starts

2021-12-17

Expected to finish

2026-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-05-20

Who can join

Age: 16 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Presence of traumatic spine lesion (with and without spinal cord injury)
• Requiring invasive mechanical ventilation, via oro-tracheal or tracheostomy tube,
• 16 years of age or older
• Patient or substitute decision maker able to provide consent

You may not qualify if…

• Expected withdrawal of treatments within 24 hours of screening
• Chronic respiratory failure already treated with mechanical ventilation before the injury
• Documented pre-existing neuromuscular diseases

Where it is running

• Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's Hospital — Toronto, Ontario, Canada (enrolling)

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