Breathing treatment to help recovery after spinal cord injury
Part of Brain & nervous system, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests whether a breathing-support treatment (for abnormal breathing during sleep) can improve breathing recovery in people living with a spinal cord injury. It aims to see if treating higher carbon dioxide levels and sleep-breathing problems leads to better breathing and recovery.
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Who can take part
- You are an adult with a spinal cord injury lasting more than 6 months
- Your spinal cord injury has a neurologic level range ASIA A through D
- You have signs of sleep-breathing problems (sleep-disordered breathing) and not just a normal ASIA result with no neurologic deficit
- You are not on a breathing machine that continuously supports you (except a sleep mask like PAP is allowed)
- You do not have very weak heart pumping (ejection fraction under 35%) and you have not recently had major health events like stroke, heart attack, surgery, or hospitalization
- You should not already be showing high carbon dioxide on your own breathing (end-tidal CO2 over 50 mmHg) and you can complete study procedures and consent
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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