Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:24 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:24 AM
NCT ID:
NCT02651805
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Prognosis:
* Less than one year assessed by the responsible physician, with a negative answer of the to the "surprise question" - Would you be surprised if this patient died in the following year?
* Higher than 3 months, assessed by the same physician
* Patients with problems to deal with secretions, which could be one or both of the following problems:
* Hypersecretion
* Cough inefficiency (peak cough flow \<250L/min)
* Karnofsky Performance Status Scale higher or equal to 30%;
* Ability to give written informed consent or presence of a person who is responsable for the patient
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with conditions considered as contra-indication for the use of Mechanical Insufflator-Exsufflator:
* Bullous emphysema history
* Known susceptibility for pneumothorax or pneumo-mediastinum
* Known to have had any recent barotrauma.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02651805
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02651805