NCT01891071

Lung Volume Recruitment for Lung Function and Cough Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 35 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease that can affect lung function and cough efficacy. This pilot study will examine whether the lung volume recruitment technique can slow down the decline in lung function and cough.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Lung volume recruitment	Inflation of the lungs to their maximal insufflation capacity by the consecutive delivery, by a manual resuscitator in this study, of volumes of air that are held with a closed glottis

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-07-01
• Primary completion: 2017-04-01
• Completion: 2017-04-01
• First posted: 2013-07-02
• Last updated: 2016-03-31

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Canada