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CompletedNCT03289715Updated Oct 10, 2018

Evaluation of an On-Demand Humidifier on Neuromuscular Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

An interventional study of On Demand Humidification system Mark 2 in Neuromuscular Diseases, sponsored by Philips Electronics Nederland B.V. acting through Philips CTO organization. Completed at 1 site in Netherlands. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-10-10.

Sponsored by Philips Electronics Nederland B.V. acting through Philips CTO organization (part of Philips) · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 21 studies in Neuromuscular Diseases with a site in Netherlands — 7 open to participants now, 11 under way, 3 of them phase 3. Neuromuscular Diseases · Netherlands.

Enrollment
16th of 19
10 · median 70
Started
2018
the only one that year
No phase
8 of 21
3 open now
Registered
4th of 21
by date

Among the 21 studies in Neuromuscular Diseases with a site in Netherlands, this one is the 16th largest by enrollment of the 19 interventional ones that give a count, is the only one that started in 2018, is one of 8 with no phase, and was the 4th registered.

Neuromuscular Diseases

361 studies on the registry are indexed under Neuromuscular Diseases; 97 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

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Who these studies take

Of the 70 Neuromuscular Diseases studies recruiting now, 39 (56%) set no upper age limit and 23 (33%) stop at 75 or younger; 36 take children under 18; 16 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 85 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Monocenter study to determine and evaluate the optimal amount of humidification doses delivered by the On-Demand humidification system in neuromuscular patients requiring home mechanical ventilation. The patient's perception will be monitored with subjective as well as with objective measurements of the optimum comfortable on-demand humidification doses.

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Conditions studied

  • Neuromuscular Diseases
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Age > 18 of age; \< 85 years of age
  2. Participants with a neuromuscular disorder who:

    1. Require 24 hour mechanical ventilation in some form through tracheostomy, mask or mouth piece
    2. Can be ambulatory for at least a few hours during the day while using a heat and moisture exchange device (HME) or no humidification
    3. Can part of the day use a heated pass-over humidification system while on their ventilator (overnight, for example).
  3. Able to provide feedback/articulate via some form of communication
  4. Patients using a Trilogy ventilator
  5. Invasively ventilated patients that are willing to use a HME device on their way to participate in the study (from home to hospital).
  6. Patients that are willing to participate and are able to consent and sign the form. (Patients with the functional capacity for medical decision-making).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Clinically unstable, i.e.,

    1. Acute respiratory failure
    2. Participants with hypotension (defined as systolic blood pressure less than 90 mm Hg despite inotropic agents)
    3. Uncontrolled cardiac ischemia or arrhythmias
    4. Any participant determined as inappropriate for the study by the Principal Investigator
  2. Patients suffering from or terminal cancer
  3. Patients lacking the functional capacity for medical decision-making.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    arm 1

    on demand humidification

    Device: On Demand Humidification system Mark 2

Interventions

  • DeviceOn Demand Humidification system Mark 2

    The on demand humidification humidifier is set up to alternate between periods of humidification and no humidification totaling 6 periods of 30 minutes duration each. Thus, the test will consist of 3 cycles of disabled humidification and enabled humidification. Each cycle will be with a different humidification setting to assess which setting is most comfortable. In the second phase, the patient will be treated with the dose they had the best experience with in the first test.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. optimum comfortable amount of on-demand humidification

    questionnaire based on Borg Scale and Visual Analog scale

    Time frame: 3 hours

  2. optimum comfortable amount of on-demand humidification

    heart rate

    Time frame: 3 hours

  3. optimum comfortable amount of on-demand humidification

    breathing rate

    Time frame: 3 hours

  4. optimum comfortable amount of on-demand humidification

    SpO2

    Time frame: 3 hours

  5. optimum comfortable amount of on-demand humidification

    transcutaneous CO2

    Time frame: 3 hours

  6. optimum comfortable amount of on-demand humidification

    number of mucus clearance events

    Time frame: 3 hours

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Study locations

1 site
  • University Medical Center Groningen
    Groningen, Netherlands
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2018 to primary completion in Jul 2018, 6 months.

Of 84 interventional studies with no phase under Neuromuscular Diseases, half reached primary completion within 25 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 43. This study's 6 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 15, 2017
First posted
Sep 21, 2017
StartActual
Jan 12, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jul 31, 2018
CompletionActual
Jul 31, 2018
Last update
Oct 10, 2018
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 10, 2018, 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
NCT03289715
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 21, 2017
Start date
Jan 12, 2018
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2018
Completion
Jul 31, 2018
Last update
Oct 10, 2018

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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