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Evaluation of Breathing, Sleep and the Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure During Wakefulness in Children With Heart Failure

Evaluation of Breathing, Sleep and the Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure During Wakefulness in Children With Heart Failure

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02414126
Acronym
IC-E-PPC
Enrollment
30
Registered
2015-04-10
Start date
2015-07-10
Completion date
2017-07-30
Last updated
2025-09-11

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

Conditions

Heart Failure

Keywords

Heart failure, child, work of breathing, cardiac function, sleep, polysomnography, CPAP

Brief summary

Adult patients with heart failure (HF) have an increased work of breathing and are at increased risk for obstructive and/or central apnea during sleep. Noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has proved its efficacy in decreasing the work of breathing and improving sleep-disordered breathing in these patients. The aim of the study is to analyze the work of breathing and objective and subjective sleep quality in children with HF and to evaluate the ability of noninvasive CPAP to decrease the work of breathing and improve cardiac output during wakefulness.

Detailed description

The study starts with the measurement during wakefulness of * the breathing pattern and work of breathing * and cardiac function during 5 min after 10 min of stable and calm spontaneous breathing (SB) Then the same measurement are made during 5 min after 10 min of stable and calm breathing during non-invasive CPAP Then a third measurement is made of * the breathing pattern and work of breathing * and cardiac function during 5 min after 10 min a stable and calm SB Polysomnography is then performed during the following night during SB in order to assess objective sleep quality. Subjective sleep quality is assessed on the following morning in children \> 6 years of age by validated sleep questionnaires.

Interventions

OTHEREffect of CPAP on respiratory work and cardiac function indices during wakefulness

Comparison of three periods of 3 hours 1. st period: Spontaneous breathing for 10 minutes 2. nd period: CPAP for 10 minutes 3. rd period: Spontaneous breathing for 10 minutes to check the return to baseline. After each period, the following parameters will be recorded during 5 minutes: * oesogastric pressures * air flow * gas exchange * right and left cardiac function Patients \> 6 years old will assess their dyspnea on a visual analogue scale

DEVICECPAP

Sponsors

Philips Healthcare
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
CollaboratorOTHER
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Months to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* A child with HF and having: * Dilated cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction \<45% * Univentricular congenital heart disease * Left ventricular valvulopathy * Age 8 months to 17 years * Signed informed consent by the owner (s) of parental authority and investigator * Patient affiliated to a social security scheme or entitled (excluding MEAs) * Comparison of results depending on the status T21 / T21 not.

Exclusion criteria

* HF with use of inotropic drugs during the last 30 days. * Contra indication to CPAP or inability to maintain the airway or adequately remove phlegm, risk of aspiration of gastric contents, acute sinusitis or diagnosis of otitis media, epistaxis, hypotension. * Associated pathology may be responsible alone an obstructive apnea (ENT or maxillofacial malformation pathology, abnormalities of the upper airway, obesity with BMI z-score\> 2), a central apnea syndrome (Chiari malformation), or alveolar hypoventilation (neuromuscular disease, cystic fibrosis or bronchopulmonary dysplasia).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
oesophageal pressure during spontaneous breathing and during continuous positive airway pressureup to 5 days
trans-diaphragmatic pressure during spontaneous breathing and during continuous positive airway pressureup to 5 days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Ultrasound cardiac function indices during spontaneous breathing and during continuous positive airway pressureup to 5 days
Polysomnography during spontaneous breathingup to 5 days
sleep questionnaireup to 5 days

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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