Training breathing muscles in patients on a ventilator
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests a special way of slowly reducing the breathing machine's support to help strengthen your breathing muscles. If you are on a ventilator in the ICU, this might help you breathe better on your own and recover faster.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You have been on a breathing machine (ventilator) in the intensive care unit for more than 48 hours.
- Your doctor expects you will need to stay on the breathing machine for at least another day.
- You are awake and calm, not too sleepy or agitated.
- You do not have a tracheostomy tube (a tube through the neck), severe nerve or muscle disease (like ALS or myasthenia gravis), or unstable blood pressure.
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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