The purpose of this investigation is to see if outpatient initiation of noninvasive home mechanical ventilation combined with closed telemonitoring and follow-up in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is non-inferior to initiation during admission to the hospital The primary hypothesis is that outpatient intiation of noninvasive home mechanical ventilation combined with closed telemonitoring and follow-up is non-inferior to initiation during hospitalization in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
46
Outpatient Initiation of noninvasive mechanical ventilation
Initiation of non-invasive mechanical ventilation during hospitalization
Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and REspiratory Support
Glostrup Municipality, Denmark
Use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation
Use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation in minutes per day
Time frame: The 83th to the 90th day after initiation of non-invasive mechanical ventilation
Patient satisfaction with the treatment
Patient satisfaction with the non-invasive mechanical ventilation (verbal-rating-score 1-5)
Time frame: Measured at the 3 months follow-up visit
Patient satisfaction with the proces in relation to the start of the treatment
Patient satisfaction with the proces in relation to the start of non-invasive mechanical ventilation (verbal-rating-score 1-5)
Time frame: Measured at the 3 months follow-up visit
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