Saline Mist and Humidity for Easier Breathing Secretions
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests whether continuously breathing in a fine mist of salt water combined with warm, moist air helps make thick lung secretions easier to clear. You'd be hospitalized and have a lung condition that causes lots of mucus buildup.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years old or older
- You are currently hospitalized in a pulmonology (lung) unit
- You have a condition that causes excessive airway secretions, such as COPD, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, or primary ciliary dyskinesia
- You are not currently on a breathing machine (invasive or non-invasive ventilation)
- You are not receiving more than 15 liters per minute of supplemental oxygen
- You are not taking mucoactive drugs (medications that thin mucus) and do not have an artificial airway
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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