Actively Recruiting
High Flow Oxygen Therapy After Spinal Cord Injury
Led by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board · Updated on 2025-08-05
30
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
121 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this feasibility study is to learn about the ability to use a different form of oxygen therapy (known as high flow oxygen therapy) in patients who have a spinal cord injury in the upper back or neck. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is it possible to recruit patients to the study 2. It is possible to follow the protocol in its current format 3. What is the impact on those receiving the intervention. Participants will be randomised to receive either standard care or high flow oxygen therapy for 10 days following inclusion.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
High Flow Oxygen Therapy After Spinal Cord Injury
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Spinal cord injury between C4 and T4 levels including ASIA A-D categories
- Admission to spinal injury ward within 24 to 48 hours of injury
- Age 18 years or older
You will not qualify if you...
- Age under 18 years
- Three or more rib fractures or flail chest
- Sternal fracture
- Concomitant lung injury
- Unable to provide informed consent
- Contraindications to high flow oxygen therapy such as undrained pneumothorax, facial fractures, nasal obstruction, cerebrospinal fluid leak, suspected or confirmed base of skull fracture, active nosebleed, or recent sinus surgery
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF144XW
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
P
Paul Twose, MSc
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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