NCT00816881

Application and Generalization of Flutter Mucus Clearance Device

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 356 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tongji University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical outcome and safety of flutter mucus clearance devices.

Detailed description

Respiratory diseases are still increasing in elder population. Sputum detaining is a common contributing factor to acute exacerbation. The fluttering mucus clearance technique is expected to be a physical assisting therapy enhancing airway secretion clearance but need more clinical randomized control trial evidence.

Conditions

• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	flutter mucus clearance device	five minutes every session, four sessions per day

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-02-01
• Completion: 2010-03-01
• First posted: 2009-01-05
• Last updated: 2012-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China