Nasal Steam Therapy for Post-extubation Respiratory Events
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Nasal steam therapy, Routine management strategy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Thyroid Cancer, Intubation. Basic parameters: 19 years — 69 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- South Korea
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effectiveness and Safety of Nasal Herbal Steam Therapy for Post-extubation Respiratory Events : Pragmatic Randomized Controlled, Parallel Grouped Study
Overview
The effect of symptom improvement of nasal steam strategy compared to routine management strategy for upper respiratory symptoms occurring after endotracheal intubation in patients aged 19 years or older who underwent surgical removal under anesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation was evaluated by the difference in the results of Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey
Detailed description
This study aims to confirm the comparative effectiveness of nasal steam therapy by conducting a practical randomized controlled clinical trial comparing 66 patients complaining of upper respiratory symptoms with patients treated with a nasal steam therapy strategy (33 patients) and patients treated with a routine management strategy (33 patients).
This study is a practical clinical study, and only randomly assigns patients to two groups: nasal steam therapy strategy and routine management strategy. The specific treatment method used is not determined in advance. The specific treatment is performed according to the clinical judgment according to the patient's condition. All treatment methods used during the study are recorded in the case report and compared.
The treatment will be administered for a total of 5 days, and drug treatment may not be discontinued after the study period at the clinician's discretion.
Interventions
- Procedure Nasal steam therapy
Nasal steam therapy is performed once a every other day for a total of 3three times. The steam inhalation stimulates the acupoints of bilateral LI20, EX-HN8, and EX-HN9 - Procedure Routine management strategy
Depending on the patient's symptoms and degree of improvement, the clinician may utilize all drugs currently used in clinical practice to improve upper respiratory symptoms, if necessary. All drugs that fall under the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System (ATC) codes of non-disease treatment (R01), throat disease treatment (R02), lung disease or expectorant (R03, R05), and other respiratory organ drugs (R06, R07) and other drugs. The usage and dosage should be within the range of
Primary outcome measures
- Wisconsin upper respiratory symptom survey-24, WURSS-24 [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at Day 8, and follow up visit at Day 15]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Incidence and severity of cough [Time frame: Day 1, Day 4, Day 8, Day 15]
- Thyroid cancer-Quality of Life (ThyCa-QoL) [Time frame: Day 1, Day 4, Day 8, Day 15]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age of 19 to 69 years
- Those who underwent surgical removal of the thyroid gland under endotracheal intubation due to a thyroid tumor
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status I or II
- Those who developed upper respiratory symptoms after surgery ⑤ Voluntarily decided to participate in this clinical trial and signed the informed consent form
Exclusion criteria
- Those diagnosed with symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Chronic cough lasting for more than 3 months prior to surgery, including bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Those who developed other respiratory infections within the past month ④ Those who are taking or are required to take other medications that may interfere with the interpretation of the treatment effect or results
- Those who are scheduled to undergo additional major treatments such as reoperation, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy during the clinical trial period ⑥ Pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and those who plan to become pregnant during the study period ⑦ Others who are expected to have difficulty complying with the treatment, visits, and questionnaires stipulated in this protocol at the discretion of the medical staff
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
South Korea · 1 center
- Ilsan Cha Hospital — Goyang-si
Publications
- Hong SE, Hyun MH, Lee SH, Kim BW, Kim HJ, Ko EJ, Lee JY. Effectiveness and Safety of Nasal Herbal Steam Therapy for Post-Extubation Respiratory Symptoms: A Methodology of Pragmatic Randomized Controlled, Parallel Grouped Study. Integr Cancer Ther. 2025 Jan-Dec;24:15347354251375469. doi: 10.1177/15347354251375469. Epub 2025 Sep 16. PMID 40955847
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06840106 · ICICC-CT-24-01