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NCT Number: NCT06172868

Home Ventilatory Support in Children

The study consist of children, who have used home ventilatory support during years 2010-2020 in Tampere University Hospital. The study will describe retrospectively different diagnoses and symptoms which will lead to home ventilatory support. We also study compliance to treatment and it's disanvantages. The prospective part of the study describes the quality of live of these children by using questionnaires (PedSQL).

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Key information

Conditions

Sleep Apnea Syndromes in Children

Age range

Up to 16 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Mervi Järvelä

Ilmajoki, 60720, Finland

Who can participate

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • ICD-10 Code for Sleep apnea diagnose G47.3 AND G47.3 diagnose found from pediatric electronic patient records between years 2010-2020 OR Patient name found from pediatric multidisciplinary home respiratory team's clinical list

Exclusion criteria

  • Age over 16
  • Patient starting home ventilation after 31st December 2020 or treatment ending before 1st January 2010
  • patients with sleep apnea but without home respiratory support treatment
  • Only theophylline treatment
  • High-flow oxygen therapy
  • Age over 16 at treatment onset
  • Never started treatment
  • Treatment starting point and ending before year 2010

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient demographics of patients from 0 up to 16 years old treated by a multidisciplinary home respiratory support-team during January 2010 to December 2020 in Tampere University Hospital, Finland

    Time frame: 2022-2023

    Data included patient demographics

  2. Number of patients with clinical characteristics

    Time frame: 2022-2023

    Data included underlying medical conditions and medications. The circumstances for home respiratory support onset, frequency of follow-up, complications, operative interventions to treat sleep apnea before and during period with home respiratory support were collected. The type of respiratory support (device, mode, interface) was recorded.

Secondary outcomes

  1. The duration of treatment

    Time frame: 2022-2023

    The duration of treatment during January 2010 to December 2020 in Tampere University Hospital, Finland were collected.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tampere University Hospital

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Dec 15, 2023
Registry last updated
Dec 15, 2023

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