Non Invasive Ventilation After Cardiac Surgery

Effectiveness of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Outside the Intensive Care Unit After Cardiac Surgery

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01249794

Acronym

CPAP-CCH

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2010-11-30

Start date

2010-09-30

Completion date

2013-12-31

Last updated

2018-03-22

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Conditions

Respiratory Failure

Keywords

NIV, non invasive ventilation, cardiac surgery, continuous positive airway pressure

Brief summary

Patients with respiratory failure following cardiac surgery are randomized to receive standard therapy versus non invasive ventilation. The hypothesis is that patients receiving non invasive ventilation will perform better than those who received standard therapy.

Interventions

PROCEDUREnon invasive ventilation

continuous positive airways pressure

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* hypoxia

Exclusion criteria

* pneumothorax * cardiocirculatory instability * no written consent

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026