Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Aspiration"

Sugammadex is the first selective relaxant binding agent approved to reverse certain non-depolarizing neuromuscular drugs in patients 2 years old and above. Although it has been in use over the last 10 years, more pharmacological studies are needed to understand its overall effects on participants. As investigators' primary outcome, the investigators aimed to investigate how differently sugammadex reverses neumuscular blockade caused by rocuronium under general anesthesia maintenance with sevoflurane compared with desflurane. Also, to compare the changes in peak airway pressure. As investigators' secondary outcome, the investigators aimed to compare the changes in heart rate and blood pressures after sugammadex injection under sevoflurane and desflurane general anesthesia.

SM04646-IPF-03 is a Phase 2a, multi-center, open-label study evaluating the safety and efficacy of a single inhaled, nebulized dose of SM04646 solution over a 12-week treatment regimen in subjects with mild to moderate IPF. A total of approximately 24 subjects will be enrolled in the study (approximately 12 subjects into the "non-bronchoalveolar lavage [BAL]" arm and approximately 12 subjects into the "BAL" arm). Subjects that currently do not require, have failed to tolerate, or have opted not to have treatment with pirfenidone or nintedanib will have the option of participation in the "BAL" arm or participation in the "non-BAL" arm. Subjects currently receiving treatment with pirfenidone or nintedanib must be on stable treatment for a minimum of 12 weeks prior to the Screening Visit. Subjects currently on treatment with pirfenidone or nintedanib may participate in the "non-BAL" arm only. Eligible subjects will participate in a treatment period of 12 weeks and a follow-up period of 12 weeks. The treatment dosing pattern will follow a 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off regimen, wherein subjects will dose 5 consecutive days of each 7 day "on" week.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on respiratory performance in patients with esophageal cancer during combined modality therapy.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of postoperative inspiratory muscle training on the recovery of respiratory muscle strength in high risk patients referred for lung cancer surgery. Furthermore, to assess longitudinal changes in respiratory muscle strength, physical capacity and health-related quality of life after lung cancer surgery

Central Sleep Apnoea (CSA) affects up to half of patients with severe heart failure and is associated with a poor prognosis. CSA is manifest as episodes of deep breathing interspersed with very shallow or absent breathing and is largely due to an exaggerated response to rising carbon dioxide in the blood, which normally drives how hard we breathe. Cardiac Resynchronization therapy (CRT), in which a pacemaker is implanted to improve co-ordinated contraction of the heart, has been shown to reduce the severity of CSA in some patient groups. We aim to determine whether this improvement is due to normalization of the body's response to carbon dioxide in the blood. Our hypothesis is that CRT improves CSA by normalizing the brain's response to carbon dioxide.

This is a clinical study to characterise the lung function, airway morphometry, pharyngometry and inhalation profiles in patients with mild to severe Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) over a period of up to 6 months. Inhalation profiles will be recorded from patients with IPF as they inhale during tidal breathing, and following two sets of instructions (maximal effort and 'long, steady and deep' inhalation), across a range of airflow resistances that reflect those of typical inhalers used to deliver medication to the lungs. Mouth and throat dimensions will be measured using an acoustic reflectance Pharyngometer. Measurements of lung function will be made using conventional sprirometry, plethysmography and diffusion, whilst Low Dose High Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) will be used to scan the airways at two lung volumes; functional residual capacity (FRC) and total lung capacity (TLC). Data from HRCT will be used to reconstruct airway morphometry, and model inhaled particle deposition within the lung. Overall, the study allows a further understanding of the IPF patient population, using the data to assist in the development of new inhaled products for this disease. Following up the patients with additional HRCT scans at 3 and 6 months will enable the sensitivity of CT based criteria of disease progression to be compared with lung function criteria. No investigational product will be used in this study.

In our study we aim to study the effects of two preparations of Sevoflurane in vital capacity rapid inhalation induction.

To determine whether targeting lower arterial oxygen saturations from the day of birth alters the early (first 3 months) postnatal development of the control of ventilation and the hypercapnic and hyperoxic responses in very preterm infants.

Non-pharmacological approaches applied in the prevention of invasive pain due to cannulation in patients treated with arteriovenous fistula and hemodialysis; It is also a cost-effective method that prevents the patient from feeling pain from the application. Breathing exercises are a method that can be easily applied before the cannulation procedure. Although it is seen that there are limited number of studies on the subject in the literature, it was observed that the duration of breathing exercise application was short (two weeks) in one study and the duration was not specified in the other.

Upper abdominal surgical treatment may have reduced respiratory muscle function and mucociliary clearance, which might be a consequence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). The threshold inspiratory muscle training (IMT) may serve as an effective modality to improve respiratory muscle strength and endurance in patients. However, whether this training could help patients with upper abdominal surgery remain to be determined.