Plain-English translation of NCT05671198 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Source last updated · Translation generated · How we translate trials
Researchers want to understand whether ultrasound imaging of your diaphragm — the large muscle underneath your lungs that helps you breathe — can reliably measure how much better you're doing during a COPD flare-up that requires hospitalization. This study will use ultrasound to measure your diaphragm's movement and strength when you arrive at the hospital and again when you're ready to go home, and compare these measurements to how much your shortness of breath improves.
Currently, doctors rely mainly on how patients feel and simple breathing tests to decide when someone with a severe COPD flare-up is well enough to leave the hospital. A more precise, objective measurement of breathing muscle function could help doctors make better decisions about discharge and patient recovery.
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If you enroll, you'll have an ultrasound scan of your diaphragm within your first 24–48 hours at the hospital, and you'll fill out brief questionnaires about your shortness of breath. You'll receive standard hospital care for your COPD flare-up as your doctor decides is best. When your doctor thinks you're ready to go home, you'll have a repeat ultrasound scan and fill out the same breathing questionnaires again. The study measures whether changes in your diaphragm's movement and strength on ultrasound match improvements in how you feel.
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Netherlands
Sponsor
Isala
Enrollment target
~51 participants
Started
March 2023
Primary completion
March 2025
This trial's estimated completion date has passed — the record may not be fully up to date.
Age range
18 Years and older
Last updated on clinicaltrials.gov in October 2024.
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Central contact
wytze s de Boer, m.d.
University Medical Center Groningen
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