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Behavioural Intervention

Inspiratory muscle training for Respiratory Complications

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Waitlist Available
Led By Pauline H Go, MD
Research Sponsored by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up through completion of follow-up (30 days)
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will show that doing breathing exercises with a special device every day for two weeks before surgery will lower the chance of having problems with breathing after the operation.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~through completion of follow-up (30 days)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and through completion of follow-up (30 days) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Atelectasis
Cardiac arrhythmia
Empyema/bronchopleural fistula
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Secondary outcome measures
Change from baseline in dyspnea, measured by the modified Medical Research Council scale
Chest tube duration
Hospital length of stay
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Incentive SpirometryExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants will undergo inspiratory muscle training using an incentive spirometer daily for 14 days prior to surgery.
Group II: Standard CareActive Control1 Intervention
Participants will not undergo any inspiratory muscle training prior to surgery.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterLead Sponsor
492 Previous Clinical Trials
2,798,797 Total Patients Enrolled
Pauline H Go, MDPrincipal InvestigatorMilton S. Hershey Medical Center

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there still openings for this research trial?

"As indicated on clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is presently enrolling participants after being initially uploaded to the website on April 27th 2021 and last updated in late May 2022."

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What objectives is this trial aiming to accomplish?

"This clinical trial, with follow-up culminating in 30 days, is aimed at extending the duration of air leakage. Secondary goals include reducing ICU length of stay if hospital admission is necessary, comparing pre- and post-treatment dyspnea levels on the modified Medical Research Council scale (which runs from 0 to 4; indicating no breathlessness when walking to being too short of breath for leaving the house) and recording chest tube duration (measured by days between insertion and removal)."

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How many participants has the clinical trial enrolled thus far?

"Affirmative. Online records presented on clinicaltrials.gov indicate that this investigation, which was originally posted on April 27th 2021 is still recruiting participants. In total, 124 volunteers are being recruited from 1 medical centre for the trial."

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Recent research and studies
Thoracic CancerJournal
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Screening and Pre-operative Pulmonary Rehabilitation Reduce Postoperative Complications and Improve Fast-track Recovery After Lung Cancer Surgery: A Study for 342 Cases
Gao, Ke, Peng-ming Yu, Jian-hua Su, Cheng-qi He, Lun-xu Liu, Yu-bin Zhou, Qiang Pu, and Guo-wei Che. 2014. “Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Screening and Pre-operative Pulmonary Rehabilitation Reduce Postoperative Complications and Improve Fast-track Recovery After Lung Cancer Surgery: A Study for 342 Cases”. Thoracic Cancer. Wiley. doi:10.1111/1759-7714.12199.
versusJournal
Multicentre Randomized Clinical Trial of Inspiratory Muscle Training <i>versus</i> Usual Care Before Surgery for Oesophageal Cancer
Valkenet, K, J C A Trappenburg, J P Ruurda, E M Guinan, J V Reynolds, P Nafteux, M Fontaine, et al.. 2018. “Multicentre Randomized Clinical Trial of Inspiratory Muscle Training versus Usual Care Before Surgery for Oesophageal Cancer”. British Journal of Surgery. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1002/bjs.10803.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJournal
The Effect of Incentive Spirometry and Inspiratory Muscle Training on Pulmonary Function After Lung Resection
Weiner, Paltiel, Abraham Man, Margalit Weiner, Marinella Rabner, Joseph Waizman, Rasmi Magadle, Doron Zamir, and Yoel Greiff. 1997. “The Effect of Incentive Spirometry and Inspiratory Muscle Training on Pulmonary Function After Lung Resection”. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/s0022-5223(97)70370-2.
Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJournal
The Effects of Preoperative Short-term Intense Physical Therapy in Lung Cancer Patients:a Randomized Controlled Trial
Pehlivan, Esra, Akif Turna, Atilla Gurses, and Hulya Nilgun Gurses. 2011. “The Effects of Preoperative Short-term Intense Physical Therapy in Lung Cancer Patients:a Randomized Controlled Trial”. Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. doi:10.5761/atcs.oa.11.01663.
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