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Nasal High Flow Therapy for the Treatment of Respiratory Insufficiencies During Sleep

An interventional study of Nasal High flow therapy device in Sleep Disordered Breathing and Congestive Heart Failure, sponsored by Fisher and Paykel Healthcare. Terminated at 2 sites in New Zealand. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-02-08.

Sponsored by Fisher and Paykel Healthcare · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

Why this study was terminated
Difficulty with recruitment
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Respiratory insufficiencies during sleep can lead to reductions in the level of oxygen in the blood during the night, which has been shown to contribute to a range of morbidities.

The purpose of this study is to assess the possibility that a nasal high flow therapy device may be able to treat respiratory insufficiencies, by stabilizing breathing and preventing reduction in blood oxygen.

Heart failure patients will be screened at a heart failure clinic, and will be asked to undergo an overnight sleep study to determine is they exhibit respiratory insufficiencies during sleep. This sleep study may be completed in the sleep laboratory (attended polysomnography, PSG) or in-home (in-home polygraphy, PG). If they are diagnosed with respiratory insufficiencies, they will be asked to attend further overnight studies to see if treatment with nasal high flow therapy can be used to stabilize breathing.

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Conditions studied

  • Sleep Disordered Breathing
  • Congestive Heart Failure
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In context

Sleep Apnea Syndromes

2,162 studies on the registry are indexed under Sleep Apnea Syndromes; 290 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 6 is below the median of 53 across 1,386 interventional studies indexed under Sleep Apnea Syndromes.

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Lead sponsor

Fisher and Paykel Healthcare is the lead sponsor of 84 studies on the registry; 15 are open to participants now.

Of its 11 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 10 (91%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Men and Women aged ≥ 18 years
  • Heart Failure from ischemic or non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy for ≥ 6 months
  • Left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVEF ≤45% by echocardiography performed within 3 months of the screening visit, or if not within 3 months, a justification provided by the cardiologist for why a repeat echocardiography is not required, for example, because the subject's condition has remained stable since their echocardiography). All echocardiography must be within a maximum of 1 year of the screening visit.
  • New York Heart Association Class II or III after optimization of medical therapy
  • Stable Clinical Status on stable optimal medical therapy for ≥ 1 month before entry

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unstable angina
  • Myocardial infarction within the last 12 months
  • Cardiac surgery within the previous 6 months
  • Pregnancy
  • Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
  • Uncontrolled arrhythmias
  • Severe valvular heart disease
  • Current/prior use of mechanical ventilation (including CPAP). At the investigator's discretion.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
6 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Diagnostic PSG/PG, PSG w. nasal high flow therapy

    All patients recruited will undergo a diagnostic sleep study, either a full in laboratory attended polysomnography (PSG), or an in-home polygraphy (PG). If respiratory insufficiencies with Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR) are detected, these patients will undergo an overnight in laboratory attended PSG on a nasal high flow therapy device to test the primary endpoint of this study. Patients without respiratory insufficiencies after the first PSG/PG will take no further part in the trial.

    Device: Nasal High flow therapy device

Interventions

  • DeviceNasal High flow therapy device

    Nasal high flow therapy via nasal cannula.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Treatment Efficacy

    The primary endpoint of the trial is to the efficacy of using nasal high flow therapy to stabilize breathing, as measured by the breath flow signal from PSG.

    Time frame: During 1 night of Sleep on PSG

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Results

Posted Sep 17, 2015

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneDiagnostic PSG/PG, PSG w. Nasal High Flow Therapy
Started6
Completed3
Not completed3
Withdrew: Lost to follow-up1
Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject2

Outcome measures

PrimaryTreatment Efficacy

The primary endpoint of the trial is to the efficacy of using nasal high flow therapy to stabilize breathing, as measured by the breath flow signal from PSG.

Time frame:
During 1 night of Sleep on PSG

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

Adverse events

Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Diagnostic PSG/PG, PSG w. Nasal High Flow Therapy—0/6 (0%)0/6 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

From the 6 participants, 2 withdrew consent before participating in the study. 1 was lost to follow up as the participant did not turn up to his appointment.

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Diagnostic PSG/PG, PSG w. Nasal High Flow Therapy
Mean56.3 ± 8.73
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Diagnostic PSG/PG, PSG w. Nasal High Flow Therapy
Female0
Male3
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Study locations

2 sites
  • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd.
    Auckland, East Tamaki 1010, New Zealand
  • Middlemore Hospital
    Auckland, Otahuhu 2025, New Zealand
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 8, 2016, 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
NCT02152566
Lead sponsor
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 2, 2014
Start date
Apr 2014
Primary completion
Aug 2014
Completion
Aug 2014
Results posted
Sep 17, 2015
Last update
Feb 8, 2016

Study contacts

Rachel Vicars, PhD - Eng
principal investigator · Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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