Effects of the Active Cycle of Breathing Technique With and Without Balloon Blowing Therapy in Tuberculosis
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Tuberculosis
In brief
The study design will be a randomized controlled trial. The data will be collected from Gulab Devi Teaching Hospital, Lahore. 34 kids aged 8 to 14 years will be randomly assigned either to an experimental group or a control group. The intervention group includes the active Cycle of Breathing technique with balloon-blowing therapy for 3 days. The control group includes the active cycle of breathing technique. Sputum secretion will be measured by 'sputum measurement cups." Dyspnea will be measured by the "Modified Borg dyspne Scale," and functional capacity will be measured by the "6-Minute Walk Test." Data will be analyzed through SPSS version 25.0.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07484490
- Run by
- Riphah International University
- People needed
- 34
- Starts
- 2026-01-29
- Expected to finish
- 2026-08-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-20
Who can join
Age: 8 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children aged 8 to14 years
- Diagnosed with tuberculosis
- Patients with excessive pulmonary secretions and/or difficulty clearing airway secretions.
- Adequate cognitive ability to understand and follow verbal commands and perform ACBT.
- Informed consent from parent/guardian
You may not qualify if…
- Diagnosed with multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB
- Presence of hemoptysis
- The patient who is unconscious and unresponsive.
- Received physical therapy intervention in the past 2 weeks
Where it is running
- Gulab Devi Hospital — Lahore, Pakistan (enrolling)
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.