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CompletedNCT01523197Updated Nov 27, 2012

Auto-trilevel Ventilator for Patients With Overlap Syndrome

An interventional study of BiPAP ventilation, auto-trilevel ventilation in Overlap Syndrome, sponsored by Nanjing Medical University. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-11-27.

Sponsored by Nanjing Medical University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
17
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two diseases that often coexist and are called overlap syndrome(OS). Compared to single OSAS, OS patients are more susceptible to serious hypoxia and hypercapnia especially during sleep, and are much more likely to result in pulmonary hypertension and cor-pulmonal.

With a more flexible expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP), auto-trilevel ventilation may be superior to fixed bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) ventilation in both removing residual obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea events and correcting hypercapnia simultaneously. The overall purpose of this study is to compare the curative effects between fixed BiPAP and auto-trilevel ventilations on OS patients.

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The contradiction in treatment for overlap syndrome is how to improve hypercapnia because of narrower difference between inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) and expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP), and meanwhile to eliminate apnea and popnea events which may easily occur at the end of expiration For ordinary Bipap ventilator. If the IPAP is set to higher, the patients may feel discomfort, if the pressure difference between IPAP and EPAP is too narrow or the expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP) too high, hypercapnia may occur. If the EPAP is too low, redusual apnea and hypopnea event may become common.

Auto-trilevel ventilation, with a lower airway pressure at the beginning of expiration to prevent hypercapnia and a higher airway pressure at the end of expiration to prevent residual apnea events, should be able to provide a novel ventilation mode with a higher efficacy and lower average airway pressure for overlap syndrome. To prove the hypothesis, comparison is made between ordinary BiPAP and auto-Trilevel ventilation modes during treatment for patients with overlap syndrome.

In this study, the investigators compare the changes of related indexes including apnea hypopnea index、minimal pulse oxygen saturation、arousal index, sleep quality,PaCO2 and sleepiness scores) before and on treatment. Meanwhile, curative effects will be compared between BiPAP and auto-Trilevel ventilation modes. The investigators will analyze the changes and then confirm our hypothesis.

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Conditions studied

  • Overlap Syndrome

Keywords

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea hypopnea Syndrome
  • COPD
  • overlap syndrome
  • Auto-trilevel ventilation
  • BiPAP ventilation
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In context

Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

4,252 studies on the registry are indexed under Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; 707 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 17 is below the median of 70 across 3,008 interventional studies indexed under Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive.

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Lead sponsor

Nanjing Medical University is the lead sponsor of 171 studies on the registry; 52 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Patient or legal representative of the patient is willing and able to sign an approved informed consent and privacy protection authorization in the United States.
  2. Subject is >18 years old.
  3. Diagnosed overlap syndrome(OSAS and COPD). 4. Expected to tolerate the ventilator therapy .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient is currently enrolled in another clinical study which may confound the result of this study.
  2. Patient for who inform consent cannot be obtained.
  3. Patients with a history of cerebrovascular accident within the 6 months prior to this study.
  4. Patients with acute or chronic renal failure, diabetes and severe lung diseases.
  5. Patients with unstable angina.
  6. Patient who is of pregnant or during lactation period.
  7. Patients with a history of injury or surgery within 6 months prior to the study.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
17 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    ventilator

    The comparison of the curative effect on OS between BiPAP and auto-trilevel ventilations

    Device: BiPAP ventilation, auto-trilevel ventilation

Interventions

  • DeviceBiPAP ventilation, auto-trilevel ventilation

    Noninvasive ventilation including fixed BiPAP ventilation and auto-trilevel ventilation. Using the same IPAP, treatment include one night with BiPAP ventilation mode 1, one night with BiPAP ventilation mode 2 and one night with auto-trilevel ventilation mode. Each treatment last 8 hours for each night.

    Also known as: bi-level postive airway preesure ventilation;, auto-trilevel ventilation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. different effects between BiPAP and auto-Trilevel ventilators on OS

    The overall purpose of this study is to determine the effects of auto-Trilevel ventilation on patients with overlap syndrome by comparison with BiPAP ventilation. The following parameters are compared such as apnea hypopnea index, lowest SPO2, arousal index, sleep efficiency, PaCO2, daytime sleepiness and so on.

    Time frame: Participants will be observed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 1 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
    Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
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The record gives a start of Aug 2011, a primary completion of Oct 2012 and a completion of Nov 2012. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

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Registered
Jan 12, 2012
First posted
Feb 1, 2012
Start
Aug 2011
Primary completionActual
Oct 2012
CompletionActual
Nov 2012
Last update
Nov 27, 2012
What these dates mean
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Primary completion.
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Completion.
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Actual and Est.
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 27, 2012, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01523197
Responsible party
Zhang Xilong (Department of Respirology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Medical University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 1, 2012
Start date
Aug 2011
Primary completion
Oct 2012
Completion
Nov 2012
Last update
Nov 27, 2012

Study contacts

xilong zhang, MD
study director · The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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