NCT01393015

Using a Closed-loop System for Oxygen Delivery (FreeO2) to Optimize Oxygentherapy in Patients With COPD Exacerbation

Using a Closed-loop System for Oxygen Delivery (FreeO2) to Optimize Oxygentherapy in Patients With Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use feasibility of FreeO2 so as to deliver automatically oxygen and to enable a remote medical monitoring with a homogeneous patient population hospitalize for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)exacerbation. Hypothesis: The principal hypothesis is that FreeO2 is possible and well-accepted by nurses and medical personnel and there are advantages to use this system. In comparison with the common oxygen delivery (the rotameter), the hypothesis is that FreeO2 system will make for a better control of the oxygen saturation in function of designed target, reducing the desaturation time and hyperoxia. We think that oxygen weaning will be faster than classical way if it is automated. In addition, FreeO2 could reduce the number of intervention by nurse personnel and to improve the support with centralized monitoring in the FreeO2 group.

Conditions

• COPD Exacerbation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Automated settings on the oxygen delivery device	FreeO2 automatically adjusts the oxygen flow delivered to patients based on the SpO2 signal. Patients keep using the same device for duration of hospitalization.
DEVICE	Manual settings with FreeO2 system in collection mode	Oxygen flow delivery is adjust by nurse and respiratory therapists. Standard medical treatment. Patients keep using the same device for duration of hospitalization.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-07-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2011-07-13
• Last updated: 2011-07-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada