Status:

COMPLETED

Ambulatory Oxygen in Fibrotic Lung Disease (FLD) (AmbOx)

Lead Sponsor:

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom

Conditions:

Lung; Disease, Fibroid (Chronic)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The main aim of this project is to establish whether ambulatory oxygen in patients with fibrotic ILD whose oxygen saturation falls ≤ 88% on a 6MWT, leads to a significant improvement in health status....

Detailed Description

The planned non-commercial study is a randomised, controlled crossover trial of ambulatory oxygen against no ambulatory oxygen over a four week period (two weeks on ambulatory oxygen and two weeks on ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • IPF or another fibrotic ILD (including fibrotic NSIP, fibrotic organising pneumoni, and fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
  • patients aged 18 - 99 yrs
  • Desaturation ≤ 88% on a 6MWT on room air
  • Stable respiratory symptoms in the 4 weeks preceding the trial including the run in period

Exclusion

  • Patients meeting criteria for long term oxygen therapy, including hypercapnic patients
  • Patients expected to change treatment during the course of the study
  • Significant locomotor or communication difficulties and/or severe co-morbidities
  • Patients with sarcoidosis or connective tissue disease affecting the musculoskeletal system
  • Current smokers
  • Pregnancy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 31 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

70 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02286063

Start Date

August 1 2014

End Date

January 31 2018

Last Update

June 26 2018

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Royal Brompton Hospital

London, United Kingdom, SW3 6NP