Respiratory management of acute cervical spinal cord injury with non-invasive ventilation

Cervical spinal cord injured patients American spinal injuries association (ASIA) classification A, B or C complete. Respiratory management with prophylactic non invasive ventilation compared to standard respiratory management. Intensive care unit length of stay outcome.

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000579493

Acronym

NIVSCI

Enrollment

Registered

2007-11-09

Start date

2007-10-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Trail to start at RNSH but plans to become multi-centre involving spinal specialist units in Australia and New Zealand

Interventions

Acute cervical spinal cord injury ASIA A, B and C managed with prophylactic non invasive ventilation over the first 120 hours since onset of injury.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Acute cervical spinal cord injury ASIA A, B or C.

Exclusion criteria

-admit to spinal centre >24 hours post injury -surgical management of cervical spine injury elsewhere -total brain injury -unable to provide consent -non invasive ventilation contraindicated -ventilated on arrival to primary spinal centre.

Outcome results