NCT00125450

Evaluation of Chest Physiotherapy for Acute Bronchiolitis in Toddlers (BRONKINOU)

Efficacy and Safety of Chest Physiotherapy With Forced Expiratory Technique for Acute Bronchiolitis in Toddlers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 500 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Days – 24 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether chest physiotherapy with forced expiratory technique reduces delay of healing in acute bronchiolitis of children between 15 days and 24 months of age.

Detailed description

Bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory infection in infants, and the respiratory condition leading to the majority of hospital admissions in young children. It is also probably the most common serious illness of childhood lacking evidence-based treatment. Evidence against the effectiveness of chest physiotherapy with vibration and postural drainage techniques has been described but forced expiratory technique, as described in France, has never been evaluated. The investigators hypothesised that forced expiratory technique was able to reduce the duration of respiratory distress. Comparison(s): The investigators compare physiotherapy with forced expiratory techniques to simple aspiration of naso-pharyngeal secretions.

Conditions

• Viral Bronchiolitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Chest Physiotherapy with Forced Expiratory Technique	Chest Physiotherapy with Forced Expiratory Technique
PROCEDURE	Nasopharyngeal Aspiration	Nasopharyngeal Aspiration

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-09-01
• Primary completion: 2008-02-01
• Completion: 2008-02-01
• First posted: 2005-08-01
• Last updated: 2008-05-28

Locations

7 sites across 1 country: France