High Flow Oxygen Therapy After Spinal Cord Injury
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorCardiff and Vale University Health Board
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Spinal cord injury between C4 and T4 (Include ASIA A-D)
Admitted to spinal injury ward within 24-48hours of injury
Disqualifiers
Aged under 18 years
3 or more rib fractures or flail
Sternal fracture
Concomitant lung injury
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- High flow oxygen therapy
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov