Fatigue in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Official title
Quantifying Fatigue of the Respiratory and Swallowing Musculature in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Brief summary
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Expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) is an emerging palliative intervention for prolonging pulmonary and swallow function in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (PALS), but it is unknown whether EMST may result in detrimental immediate to short-term fatigue because there is no way to measure fatigue non-invasively. This study will determine the immediate to short-term impact of EMST on objective respiratory and swallow function, whether subjective ratings of dyspnea and fatigue map to objective decompensation of respiratory and swallow function, and the ability to monitor fatigue of the respiratory and swallowing musculature non-invasively. Findings from this research study will provide preliminary evidence regarding optimal timing for PALS to complete EMST and will provide PALS and clinicians increased capabilities to monitor fatigue non-invasively.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04468191
- Recruitment status
- Withdrawn
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Experimental expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) Device
- Sham expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) Device
Device
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 100 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 9, 2021
- Primary completion
- Feb 9, 2021
- Completion
- Feb 9, 2021
- Last update posted
- Feb 14, 2021
2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15260 | — |
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