Polysomnographic Titration of Non-invasive Ventilation in Motor Neurone Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Melbourne

About this trial

A two-arm, individual participant randomised controlled, assessor-blinded trial in 7 MND care centres across Australia will be undertaken.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age >18 years

Clinical indication to commence long term NIV

Confirmed clinical diagnosis of underlying condition

Disqualifiers

Medically unstable

Hypoventilation attributable to medications with sedative/respiratory depressant side- effects

Use of NIV for more than 1 month in the previous 3 months

Inability to provide informed consent

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Intervention polysomnography
  • Sham polysomnography

Treatment groups

244 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Melbourne

Lead sponsor

Austin Hospital, Melbourne Australia

Collaborator

Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Australia

Collaborator

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Collaborator

Macquarie University, Australia

Collaborator

Macquarie Health

Collaborator

Western Sydney Local Health District

Collaborator

Flinders Medical Centre

Collaborator

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Collaborator

The Prince Charles Hospital

Collaborator

Monash University

Collaborator

Motor Neurone Disease Australia

Collaborator

FightMND

Collaborator

Australian Motor Neurone Disease Registry

Collaborator

Calvary Bethlehem

Collaborator

Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science

Collaborator