Efficacy of fan therapy for dyspnea in lung transplant recipients in the intensive care unit

Efficacy of fan therapy for dyspnea in lung transplant patients in intensive care unit: a crossover randomised controlled trial (FANTASTIC study)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-jRCT1020240040

Enrollment

Registered

2024-12-05

Start date

2024-12-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Lung transplantation Lung transplantation

Interventions

Blow air into the face for 5 minutes

Fan therapy

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients over 18 years old admitted to the ICU (2) Patients 5-14 days after bilateral brain-death lung transplantation (3) Patients with dyspnea NRS 3 or higher

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients who could not give consent for this study (2) Patients with symptoms of trigeminal neuropathy in the face (e.g. trigeminal neuralgia in the face due to facial trauma, skull base tumor, cerebral infarction, brain tumor, etc.) trigeminal neuralgia, etc.) (3) Patients who cannot communicate in Japanese.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in Dyspnea Numeric Rating Scale (D-NRS)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Change in Intensive Care Respiratory Distress Observation Scale (IC-RDOS) Change in Airway occlusion pressure (P0.1) Change in Anxiety Numeric Rating Scale	—

Contacts

Public ContactTomoo Sato

Kobe City College of Nursing

tomoosato0315@gmail.com+81-78-794-8080

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026