# Under the Nose Face Mask to Prevent Facial Pressure Ulcers During NIV for Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure (AHRF)

> **NCT04102735** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Centre Hospitalier Arras** · enrollment: 108 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Under-the-nose facemask
- **DEVICE:** Over-the-nose facemask

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04102735
- **Lead sponsor:** Centre Hospitalier Arras
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-11-21
- **Primary completion:** 2021-10-03
- **Final completion:** 2021-10-03
- **Target enrollment:** 108 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-03-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04102735

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04102735, "Under the Nose Face Mask to Prevent Facial Pressure Ulcers During NIV for Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure (AHRF)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04102735. Licensed CC0.

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