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Randomised controlled trial of closed circuit Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and open circuit CPAP with a Boussignac valve for the treatment of acute pulmonary oedema.
ISRCTN ISRCTN81164973
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
Public title Randomised controlled trial of closed circuit Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and open circuit CPAP with a Boussignac valve for the treatment of acute pulmonary oedema.
Scientific title
Acronym N/A
Serial number at source N0013101032
Study hypothesis This study will seek to determine whether the Boussignac valve system is as effective as conventional CPAP using a Drager CF800 circuit.
Lay summary
Ethics approval Not provided at time of registration
Study design Randomised controlled trial
Countries of recruitment United Kingdom
Disease/condition/study domain Respiratory: Acute pulmonary oedema
Participants - inclusion criteria Patients with acute pulmonary oedema attending Accident and Emergency (A&E). We intend to recruit 50 patients to allow for recruitment errors and drop outs etc.
Participants - exclusion criteria Does not meet inclusion criteria
Anticipated start date 01/10/2001
Anticipated end date 31/12/2003
Status of trial Completed
Patient information material
Target number of participants 50
Interventions The patient will be randomised to one of two groups:
1. CPAP with the closed circuit Drager CF800 system
OR
2. CPAP with the open circuit Vygon Boussignac valve system
Primary outcome measure(s) The main outcome measure will be the PaCO2 at 30 and 60 minutes. Other outcome measures will be PaO2 at 30 and 60 minutes, need for intubation, and tolerance of mask/circuit.
Secondary outcome measure(s) Not provided at time of registration
Sources of funding Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust (UK)
Trial website
Publications 2005 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15953223
Contact name Dr  Peter  Leman
  Address Acute Medicine
St Thomas' Hospital
Lambeth Palace Road
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode SE1 7EH
  Country United Kingdom
Sponsor Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2004 Update - Department of Health (UK)
  Address The Department of Health,
Richmond House,
79 Whitehall
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode SW1A 2NL
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0)20 7307 2622
  Email dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
  Sponsor website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
Date applied 30/09/2004
Last edited 10/07/2009
Date ISRCTN assigned 30/09/2004
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