Tracheal Mechanics During Bronchoscopy

The main purpose of this study is use a new type of measurement to help decide what kind of therapy would help people with a collapsing windpipe or tracheomalacia.

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Key information

Conditions

Tracheomalacia Bronchial Diseases Cartilage Diseases Chronic Disease Congenital Abnormalities Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Connective Tissue Diseases Disease Attributes Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Musculoskeletal Abnormalities Musculoskeletal Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Tract Diseases Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases Tracheal Diseases Tracheobronchomalacia

Age range

21 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

About this study

This study is to obtain new information about the pressures required to collapse the trachea in patients with and without obstructive pulmonary disease and to describe the relationship between pressures and airflow obstruction. This information will provide normative data not currently available and would establish whether tracheal collapse is due to tracheomalacia. The data may lead to better ways of predicting if a patient would benefit from procedures to prevent tracheal collapse.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Suspicion of tracheal collapse undergoing bronchoscopy
Healthy control subject undergoing bronchoscopy for another purpose.

Exclusion criteria

Esophageal pathology
Tracheostomy
inability to follow commands

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 1999
Primary completion: 2008
Study completion: 2009
First posted: Sep 27, 2007
Registry last updated: Mar 10, 2017

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