# Helmet Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Versus Oxygen Venturi in Acute Respiratory Failure in CAP: CAPOVeRSO

> **NCT00603564** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University of Milan** · enrollment: 47 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pneumonia
- Community-Acquired Infections
- Respiratory Insufficiency
- Acute Lung Injury

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Castar Starmed (CPAP) delivered by a helmet

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00603564
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Milan
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2006-01
- **Primary completion:** 2008-06
- **Final completion:** 2008-07
- **Target enrollment:** 47 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The study was prematurely interrupted because patients randomized to CPAP reached the endpoint quicker than anticipated in the protocol
- **Last updated:** 2009-12-02


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00603564

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00603564, "Helmet Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Versus Oxygen Venturi in Acute Respiratory Failure in CAP: CAPOVeRSO". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00603564. Licensed CC0.

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