Regional lung function testing by electrical impedance tomography (EIT) in invasive mechanical ventilation in Asthma and COPD

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00011650

Enrollment

Registered

2017-01-31

Start date

2017-02-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

J44.9 J46

Interventions

Group 1: Observational study of patients with acute exacerbation of asthma or COPD requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. All patients receive an EIT belt around the thorax to determine regional l

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • acute exacerbation of asthma or COPD, requiring invasive mechanical ventilation • Age = 18 years • placement of EIT belt technically possible

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • pacemaker or implanted defibrillator • Combination with other devices measuring impedance • larger wounds in the area of potential placement of the EIT belt

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measurement of the changes in impedance and consequently of the regional ventilation and the exspiratory time constant (absolute in sec.) by EIT in invasive mechanical ventilation in acute exacerbation	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
•Correlation of blood gas analysis with the regional Ventilation in EIT •Correlation of blood gas analysis with the expiratory time constant in EIT •Correlation of volume waveforms of the ventilator with EIT Data	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactChristrian Karagiannidis

Lungenklinik Köln-MerheimARDS und ECMO-Zentrum

Karagiannidisc@kliniken-koeln.de0221-890718809

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026