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Status unknownNCT01932567Updated Jul 24, 2014

Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) and Physiotherapy

An interventional study of Physiotherapy and Electrical impedance tomography in Respiratory Disease, sponsored by Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain. Status unknown at 2 sites in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-07-24.

Sponsored by Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain · Not applicable and Interventional

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2014), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

To compare the effect of different airway clearance techniques on lung ventilation by electrical impedance tomography.

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Conditions studied

  • Respiratory Disease
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In context

Respiratory Tract Diseases

617 studies on the registry are indexed under Respiratory Tract Diseases; 111 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 80 across 381 interventional studies indexed under Respiratory Tract Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain is the lead sponsor of 342 studies on the registry; 61 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • >18 years old
  • Surgery under anesthesia (PEP and incentive spirometry) or healthy subjects
  • Intervention time before first bed lift
  • Cooperative
  • Can perform devices techniques correctly

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with pacemaker, implantable pumps or automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator
  • Patients with pulmonary disease (acute or chronic)
  • Patients with cognitive problems
  • Presence of patches or wounds in EIT belt zone placement
  • Patients with initial pain > 2/10
  • Patients with severe obesity (BMI > 35)
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Positive expiratory pressure

    Use of positive expiratory pressure during 3 minutes

    Other: Physiotherapy · Procedure: Electrical impedance tomography

  • Experimental
    Incentive spirometry

    Use of incentive spirometry during 3 minutes

    Other: Physiotherapy · Procedure: Electrical impedance tomography

  • Experimental
    manual airway clearance technique

    Use of manual airway clearance technique during 3 minutes

    Other: Physiotherapy · Procedure: Electrical impedance tomography

Interventions

  • OtherPhysiotherapy
  • ProcedureElectrical impedance tomography
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Regional lung ventilation measured by Electrical impedance tomography

    Time frame: Recording by electrical impedance tomography will be performed during 30 minutes

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Clinique universitaire Saint-Luc
    Brussels, Belgium
    • Gregory Reychler, PhD · Contact
    • Gregory Reychler, PhD · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
  • Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
    Brussels, Belgium
    • Gregory Reychler, PhD · Contact
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 24, 2014, 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
NCT01932567
Lead sponsor
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Responsible party
G.Reychler (PhD, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 30, 2013
Start date
Aug 2013
Primary completion
Jul 2014
Last update
Jul 24, 2014

Study contacts

Coralie Colbrant, PT
Contact
colbrant.coralie@hotmail.com
Jean Roeseler
Contact
jean.roeseler@uclouvain.be
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