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Trial reportBMJ open2015

Medium-term cost-effectiveness of an automated non-invasive ventilation outpatient set-up versus a standard fixed level non-invasive ventilation inpatient set-up in obese patients with chronic respiratory failure: a protocol description.

S Mandal, G Arbane, P Murphy, M W Elliott, J P Janssens, J L Pepin, J F Muir, A Cuvelier, M Polkey, D Parkin and 2 more

Abstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ open, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

S MandalLane-Fox Respiratory Unit, St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Division of Asthma Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London, London, UK.
G ArbaneLane-Fox Respiratory Unit, St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
P MurphyLane-Fox Respiratory Unit, St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Division of Asthma Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London, London, UK.
M W ElliottSt James Hospital, Leeds, UK.
J P JanssensHôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.
J L PepinHôpital Universitaire de Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
J F MuirPulmonary and Intensive Care Department, Rouen University Hospital & UPRES EA 3830, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rouen, Rouen, France.
A CuvelierPulmonary and Intensive Care Department, Rouen University Hospital & UPRES EA 3830, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rouen, Rouen, France.
M PolkeyRoyal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK.
D ParkinDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences & NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, UK.
A DouiriDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences & NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, UK.
N HartLane-Fox Respiratory Unit, St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK Division of Asthma Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionObesity is an escalating issue, with an accompanying increase in referrals of patients with obesity-related respiratory failure. Currently, these patients are electively admitted to hospital for initiation of non-invasive ventilation (NIV), but it is unknown whether outpatient initiation is as effective as inpatient set-up. We hypothesise that outpatient set-up using an autotitrating NIV device will be more cost-effective than a nurse-led inpatient titration and set-up. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We will undertake a multinational, multicentre randomised controlled trial. Participants will be randomised to receive the usual inpatient set-up, which will include nurse-led initiation of NIV or outpatient set-up with an automated NIV device. They will be stratified according to the trial site, gender and previous use of NIV or continuous positive airway pressure. Assuming a 10% dropout rate, a total sample of 82 patients will be required. Cost-effectiveness will be evaluated using standard treatment costs and health service utilisation as well as health-related quality of life measures (severe respiratory insufficiency (SRI) and EuroQol-5 dimensions (EQ-5D)). A change in the SRI questionnaire will be based on the analysis of covariance adjusting for the baseline measurements between the two arms of patients. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This study has been approved by the Westminster National Research Ethics Committee (11/LO/0414) and is the trial registered on the UKCRN portfolio. The trial is planned to start in January 2015 with publication of the trial results in 2017. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN 51420481.

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AdultAgedAmbulatory CareChronic DiseaseCost-Benefit AnalysisFemaleHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedNoninvasive VentilationObesityRespiratory InsufficiencyHEALTH ECONOMICSSLEEP MEDICINE

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PMID25908673
PMCPMC4410117

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