NCT01403467

Impact of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on the Treatment of Acute Asthma Exacerbation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 86 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ramathibodi Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This current study aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the addition of CPAP to the current conventional therapy in terms of airway obstruction improvement in acute asthma patients.

Detailed description

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is widely used in providing ventilator support. However, its role in an acute asthmatic attack is uncertain. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of CPAP when used in addition to conventional therapy with conventional therapy alone in the management of acute asthma exacerbation.

Conditions

• Acute Asthma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Continuous positive airway pressure	CPAP 8 cmH2O

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-04-01
• Primary completion: 2010-01-01
• Completion: 2011-01-01
• First posted: 2011-07-27
• Last updated: 2011-07-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand