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Home High Flow Oxygen to Reduce Acute Exacerbation of COPD

Home High Flow Oxygen to Reduce Acute Exacerbation of COPD

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05196698
Acronym
HIFAE
Enrollment
406
Registered
2022-01-19
Start date
2022-08-26
Completion date
2026-08-26
Last updated
2026-02-06

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

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Brief summary

The objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of home High Flow Oxygen for the reduction of severe exacerbation following admission for a severe exacerbation of COPD or death against standard oxygen therapy.

Interventions

HFOT will be delivered validated medical devices and established as follow: * Patient will be acclimatized to HFOT which will aim to achieve a flow of air of 30L/min at a temperature of 34°C using dedicated nasal canula. * Once patient acclimatized, oxygen will be entrained in the HFOT device at a flow that will aim to achieve a saturation \> 90%. An arterial blood gas will be performed with such oxygen delivery, flowrate and temperature to ensure a PaO2 ≥ 8kPa

LTOT delivery will be performed according to French guidelines

Sponsors

University Hospital, Rouen
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Patient with a diagnosis of COPD defined by GOLD guidelines 2. Admitted in hospital for AECOPD 3. With severe respiratory impairment defined by one of the following criteria (long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) criteria): * Previously established on long-term oxygen therapy according to the following criteria: PaO2 \< 7.3kPa or \<8kPa with polycythemia, pulmonary hypertension or right heart failure on room air in stable condition Or * PaO2 \< 7.3kPa or \<8kPa with polycythemia, pulmonary hypertension or right heart failure on room air after clinical stabilization during the index admission 4. Patients affiliated or, beneficiary of a social security cover 5. Patient who has read and understood the information letter and signed the consent form 6. For woman of childbearing potential, use of an effective contraception (oestro-progestatives or intra-uterine device or tubal ligation) since at least 1 month and an blood pregnancy test by β-HCG negative at the screening visit, during the duration of the study 7. For menopausal woman: confirmatory diagnosis (amenorrhea not medically induced for at least 12 months before the inclusion visit)

Exclusion criteria

1. Age \<18 or \> 85 years 2. Patient treated with chronic NIV with ongoing treatment 3. Patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treated with CPAP. Diagnosis of OSA will be over-ruled in patient that had a previous overnight polygraphy. For patients who never had an overnight polygraphy, screening for OSA will be made using the STOP-BANG questionnaire. If the results of the STOP-BANG questionnaire (Appendix 1) is \>3, an Apnea-link recording will be performed. If AHI\>30/h, patient will be excluded. 4. BMI \> 35 kg/m2 5. Patient admitted for an acute COVID-19 infection 6. Hypercapnic respiratory failure justifying NIV defined as 1. An Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) PaCO2 \> 7 kPa in stable condition within 6 months 2. Patients with ABG PaCO2 \> 7 kPa at hospital discharge and that remained hypercapnic between 2- and 4-weeks following discharge 7. Pregnancy (blood pregnancy test positive) or lactation ongoing 8. Significant psychiatric disorder or dementia that would prevent adherence to study protocol 9. Tobacco use \< 10 pack-year 10. Expected survival \< 12 months due to any situation other than COPD disease 11. Refusal of high-flow oxygen therapy 12. Person deprived of liberty by administrative or judicial decision or placed under judicial protection (guardianship or supervision) 13. Patients already involved in a research protocol that would impact with the outcome measured in the current protocol

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
time to first hospital admission for Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease12 months
time to death12 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change from Baseline in Health-related Quality of Life3 monthsHealth-related quality of life is evaluated using Saint-Georges Respiratory score
Number of Adverse events3 monthsImputability of Adverse events is evaluated by investigator

Countries

France

Contacts

CONTACTAntoine CUVELIER, Pr
antoine.cuvelier@chu-rouen.fr+33232889059
CONTACTArmelle GUIDOTTI
armelle.guidotti@chu-rouen.fr+33232888265
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAntoine CUVELIER, Pr

University Hospital, Rouen

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMaxime PATOUT, Dr

AP-HP La Pitié Salpétrière

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026