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Breathing-swallowing Interaction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients - Impact of Non Invasive Ventilation

Breathing-swallowing Interaction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients Hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit for an Acute Exacerbation: Impact of Non Invasive Ventilation. Physiological Evaluation

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01518075
Enrollment
16
Registered
2012-01-25
Start date
2012-01-01
Completion date
2012-08-01
Last updated
2026-04-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Decompensated COPD With (Acute) Exacerbation

Keywords

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Non invasive mechanical ventilation, Breathing-swallowing interaction, Intensive Care Unit

Brief summary

In the investigators' knowledge there are no data about the impact of non invasive mechanical ventilation on the breathing-swallowing interaction. Our main objective is to evaluate breathing-swallowing interaction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients hospitalized in intensive care unit for an acute exacerbation, and evaluate the impact of using non invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV)

Detailed description

In healthy subjects previous studies showed that most swallows started during expiration and were followed by expiration, a pattern believed to contribute to airway protection during swallowing. However In healthy individuals, the occurrence of inspiration after swallows was increased by hypercapnia or application of an inspiratory elastic load. In a previous study the investigators have demonstrated that patients with neuromuscular disorders exhibited piecemeal deglutition leading to an increase in the time needed to swallow a water bolus, as well as occurrence of inspiration after nearly half the swallows. These abnormalities which increased with the decreasing of respiratory muscle performances may explain feeding difficulties. However in tracheostomized patients who could breathe spontaneously, piecemeal deglutition and swallowing time per bolus were diminished by the use of mechanical ventilation. In the investigators' knowledge there are no data about the impact of non invasive mechanical ventilation on the breathing-swallowing interaction. The investigators' main objective is to evaluate breathing-swallowing interaction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients hospitalized in intensive care unit for an acute exacerbation, and evaluate the impact of using non invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV)

Interventions

Evaluation of breathing - swallowing interaction without non invasive mechanical ventilation. Patient breath spontaneously. Measurements of respiratory and swallowing parameters were monitored using respiratory inductive plethysmography. Swallowing was monitored noninvasively. Two bolus sizes were used, (5, 10 ml), in random order. Five sets of two boluses were studied, taking care not to use the same bolus size twice consecutively. The study participants were blinded to bolus size.

Evaluation of breathing - swallowing interaction with non invasive mechanical ventilation. Patient breath under non invasive mechanical ventilation. Measurements of respiratory and swallowing parameters were monitored using respiratory inductive plethysmography. Swallowing was monitored noninvasively. Two bolus sizes were used, (5, 10 ml), in random order. Five sets of two boluses were studied, taking care not to use the same bolus size twice consecutively. The study participants were blinded to bolus size.

Sponsors

University Hospital, Caen
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease * Age \> 18 years * Hospitalized in Intensive care for an acute exacerbation * Requiring Non invasive mechanical ventilation * Able to breath spontaneously without non invasive ventilation more than 4h/day * Without bulbar dysfunction

Exclusion criteria

* Hemodynamic instability * Absence of consent * Severe Hypoxemia * pH \< 7,30 * No cooperation of the patient

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Impact of non invasive mechanical ventilation on breathing swallowing interaction2 hPhysiological evaluation of breathing - swallowing interaction with or without non invasive mechanical ventilation

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Correlation between breathing swallowing interaction and functional respiratory parameters24 h

Countries

France

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORNicolas TERZI, MD - PhD

University Hospital, Caen

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORFrédéric Lofaso, MD-PhD

University Hospital, Garches

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 3, 2026