The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of automated oxygen administration (FreeO2 system) alone or with high-flow oxygen on dyspnea and exercise tolerance in people with desaturating chronic lung disease compared to fixed oxygen therapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
30
The participant received, in a randomized, cross-over study design: 1) automated nasal oxygen titration administered by a closed loop system (FreeO2) alone, 2) or with high flow nasal therapy (Airvo2) set at 60 liters per minute with nasal canula, or 3) oxygen by nasal canula at a fixed flow of 2 liters per minute during the 3-min constant speed shuttle test (3-min CSST) and endurance shuttle walking test (ESWT)
Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec
Québec, Quebec, Canada
Dyspnea score
Dyspnea score on the modified Borg scale (0 to 10, with higher score indicating worse dyspnea)
Time frame: At the end of the 3 minute-constant speed shuttle test (CSST) (3 minutes), immediately after the intervention (either fixed-O2, automated nasal O2 adjustment alone, or automated nasal O2 adjustment + high nasal flow)
Endurance time duration of the Endurance Shuttle Walking Test (EWST)
Total duration of Endurance Shuttle Walking Test
Time frame: Duration in (mm:ss) of Endurance Shuttle Walking Test (ESWT), immediately after the intervention (either fixed-O2, automated nasal O2 adjustment alone, or automated nasal O2 adjustment + high nasal flow)
Mean pulsed O2 saturation (SpO2) during Endurance Shuttle Walking Test (EWST)
Mean % pulsed O2 saturation (SpO2) during the Endurance Shuttle Walking Test (ESWT)
Time frame: From the beginning to the end of the Endurance Shuttle Walking Test (ESWT) which will be done on 3 testing days, with either fixed O2, automatic O2 adjustment alone, or automatic O2 adjustment + high nasal flow
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