Effect of AIRVO Heated Humidification in Bronchiectasis

NCT ID: NCT04102774

Last Updated: 2025-05-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

130 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-06-20

Study Completion Date

2025-01-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to investigate whether long-term heated humidification therapy (AIRVO) administrated for 1 year over-night on top of standard therapy can reduce the number of exacerbations in adults with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

Detailed Description

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Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition characterized by an abnormal widened airways, mucus retention, cough, daily sputum, and frequent respiratory infections. The management of bronchiectasis includes prevention of exacerbations and lung infections along with airway clearance techniques.

Mucus composition and hydration are crucial to allow mucus transport along airways during respiratory physiotherapy.

Previous studies showed that long term humidification therapy increased airway clearance (Hasani et al. 2008) and reduced the number of exacerbations in patients with both bronchiectasis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (Rea et al. 2010). myAIRVO2 system can deliver high-flow warm and humidified gases through a nasal cannula.

The aim of the present study to assess the effect of long-term use over-night of myAIRVO2 warm humidification in adults with bronchiectasis who experience at least 3 exacerbations/year still with optimized clinical and respiratory therapies.

In addition to their usual therapy, the treatment group will receive a myAIRVO2 humidifier at home deliver every day for one year over-night.

The gas flow setting will be set between 20 and 30 l/min based on patient preference, temperature will be 37°C and, for patients already in long-term oxygen therapy, FiO2 will be regulated according to patient's prescription.

The control group will continue to receive standard therapy for bronchiectasis according to international guidelines.

Patients will be screened during outpatient visits and, if they meet study criteria, they will be enrolled in the study. Once enrolled in the study, patients will be followed up every 3 months with 4 consecutive outpatient visits. The following endpoints will be assessed: exacerbations frequency, quality of life, pulmonary function and, for patients enrolled in the treatment group, myAIRVO2 use, and comfort.

Statistical analysis will be performed by Prof. Giovanni Sotgiu (University of Sassari - Italy).

Conditions

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Bronchiectasis Adult

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

All the patients meeting inclusion/esclusion criteria will be enrolled and randomized into one of the two arms. The control arm will receive standard therapy. The treatment arm will receive standard therapy + long-term humidification therapy with myAIRVO2 at home overnight.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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myAIRVO2

Patients will receive a myAIRVO2 at home over-night with humidifier on top of standard therapy for bronchiectasis according to international guidelines (ERS 2017).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Over-night treatment with myAIRVO2

Intervention Type DEVICE

Gas flow will be set between 20 and 30 l/min, according to patient's comfort, and administrated via nasal canula.

Temperature will be set at 37°C. If the patient was already in nocturnal oxygen therapy FiO2 will be set according to the prescription.

Control

Patients will receive standard therapy for bronchiectasis according to international guidelines (ERS 2017).

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Over-night treatment with myAIRVO2

Gas flow will be set between 20 and 30 l/min, according to patient's comfort, and administrated via nasal canula.

Temperature will be set at 37°C. If the patient was already in nocturnal oxygen therapy FiO2 will be set according to the prescription.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Radiological evidence of bronchiectasis evaluated through a CT-scan of the chest
* Daily sputum production
* Presence of at least 3 exacerbations requiring antibiotic therapy during the 12 months prior randomization
* Absence of exacerbations during the 28 days prior randomization
* Having the bronchiectasis management/therapy optimized according to international guidelines (ERS Polverino 2017) during the 12 months preceding randomization and no changes in therapy occurred during the 28 days prior randomization
* Airways clearance physiotherapy optimized and unchanged during the 12 months prior randomization
* Being able to use myAIRVO2 (assessed by study investigators)
* Given consent to inclusion in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Being enrolled in other intervention trials during the 12 months prior randomization
* COPD or asthma recognized as main diseases by the study investigator
* Active smoker or ex-smoker who underwent smoking cessation during the 4 weeks prior randomization
* Any other disease or medical condition diagnosed during the 3 months prior randomization which can affect patients' safety
* Long-term treatment with non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
* Long-term night treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
* Tracheostomy
* Major haemoptysis (more than 300ml or requiring embolization or requiring blood transfusion) during the 6 weeks prior randomization
* Cystic fibrosis
* Traction bronchiectasis in the context of pulmonary fibrosis
* Lung cancer in the last 5 years
* Use of drugs that can modify mucus liquid content including mannitol, Hypertoinc saline, DNase, NAC
* Changes in the rehabilitation/respiratory therapy program during the 28 days before randomization
* Pregnant and brest-feeding women
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ospedale Maggiore Di Trieste

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Università degli Studi di Ferrara

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ospedale San Paolo

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universita degli Studi di Catania

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Palermo

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Foggia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Monaldi Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ospedale San Donato

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Francesco Blasi, Prof

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Locations

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IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University,

Rozzano, Milano, Italy

Site Status

Divisione di Pneumologia riabilitativa e Laboratorio di Citoimmunopatologia, Biochimica dell'apparato respiratorio, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA - Società Benefit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

Veruno, Novara, Italy

Site Status

Università degli Studi dell'Insubria e Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA - Società Benefit

Tradate, Varese, Italy

Site Status

U.O.C Pneumologia e UTIP, Ospedale S. Donato

Arezzo, , Italy

Site Status

Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università degli Studi di Bologna

Bologna, , Italy

Site Status

Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, U.O. di Fisiopatologia Respiratoria, Allergologia e Immunologia polmonare, Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania, , Italy

Site Status

Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Settore Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Università degli Studi di Foggia

Foggia, , Italy

Site Status

Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan Internal Medicine Department, Respiratory Unit and Cystic Fibrosis Adult Center Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Milan, , Italy

Site Status

Dipartimento di Scienze biomediche e cliniche "Luigi Sacco" DIBIC, Università degli Studi di Milano, U.O.C Pneumologia, Ospedale L. Sacco - ASST Fatebenfratelli Sacco

Milan, , Italy

Site Status

Riabilitazione pneumologica, IRCCS Santa Maria nascente - fondazione don Gnocchi

Milan, , Italy

Site Status

U.O.C. Pneumologia, ASST- Santi Paolo e Carlo, Ospedale San Paolo, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano

Milan, , Italy

Site Status

Struttura Complessa di Malattie dell'apparato Respiratorio e Centro delle Malattie Rare del Polmone, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche Materno-Infantili e dell'Adulto, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Unive

Modena, , Italy

Site Status

U.O.C. Pneumologia SUN, Ospedale Monaldi

Napoli, , Italy

Site Status

Struttura Complessa di Fisiopatologia Respiratoria, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova

Padua, , Italy

Site Status

Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, Università degli Studi di Palermo

Palermo, , Italy

Site Status

Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, U.O.C. di Clinica Pneumologica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma

Parma, , Italy

Site Status

Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Terapia Medica, Divisione di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Università degli Studi di Pavia

Pavia, , Italy

Site Status

U.O. di Riabilitazione Specialistica Pneumologica, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA - Società Benefit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

Pavia, , Italy

Site Status

Unità Operativa Complessa di Pneumologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Roma, , Italy

Site Status

U.O. di Riabilitazione Specialistica Pneumologica, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA - Società Benefit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

Telese Terme, , Italy

Site Status

Struttura Complessa di Pneumologia, Ospedale di Cattinara, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste ex Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Ospedali Riuniti" di Tieste

Trieste, , Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

References

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Hasani A, Chapman TH, McCool D, Smith RE, Dilworth JP, Agnew JE. Domiciliary humidification improves lung mucociliary clearance in patients with bronchiectasis. Chron Respir Dis. 2008;5(2):81-6. doi: 10.1177/1479972307087190.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18539721 (View on PubMed)

Rea H, McAuley S, Jayaram L, Garrett J, Hockey H, Storey L, O'Donnell G, Haru L, Payton M, O'Donnell K. The clinical utility of long-term humidification therapy in chronic airway disease. Respir Med. 2010 Apr;104(4):525-33. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.12.016. Epub 2010 Feb 9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20144858 (View on PubMed)

Polverino E, Goeminne PC, McDonnell MJ, Aliberti S, Marshall SE, Loebinger MR, Murris M, Canton R, Torres A, Dimakou K, De Soyza A, Hill AT, Haworth CS, Vendrell M, Ringshausen FC, Subotic D, Wilson R, Vilaro J, Stallberg B, Welte T, Rohde G, Blasi F, Elborn S, Almagro M, Timothy A, Ruddy T, Tonia T, Rigau D, Chalmers JD. European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis. Eur Respir J. 2017 Sep 9;50(3):1700629. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00629-2017. Print 2017 Sep.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28889110 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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AIRVO-BX

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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