# Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Elderly Patients

> **NCT00600639** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna** · enrollment: 82 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Acute Respiratory Failure

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Non-invasive mechanical ventilation using a BiPAP Vision or any other ICU ventilators with NIV option
- **DRUG:** standard medical therapy plus oxygen that includes salbutamol, prednisolone and antibiotics as needed
- **DRUG:** standard medical therapy that includes salbutamol, prednisolone and antibiotics as needed

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00600639
- **Lead sponsor:** IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2004-01
- **Primary completion:** 2007-12
- **Final completion:** 2007-12
- **Target enrollment:** 82 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2012-07-17

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00600639

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00600639, "Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Elderly Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-09-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00600639. Licensed CC0.

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