Is Laryngeal Ultrasound a Useful Tool in the Assessment of Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction? A Protocol for a Two-stage Exploratory Pilot Study
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
This study is a feasibility study to see if an ultrasound scan of the vocal cords can detect narrowing of the vocal cords as seen in a condition called inducible laryngeal Obstruction (the vocal cords narrow or close on breathing in, which makes it very difficult to breathe).
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:
⁃ Healthy volunteers:
• No definite signs or symptoms of vocal fold paralysis
• No voice change
• No history laryngeal surgeries
• No History of pathology
• No uncontrolled Respiratory disease
Locations
Other Locations
United Kingdom
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
RECRUITING
Preston
Contact Information
Primary
Claire Slinger
claire.slinger@lthtr.nhs.uk
01171523237
Backup
Kina Bennett
kina.bennett@lthtr.nhs.uk
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-08-24
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-06-27
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Healthy Volunteers
Employees of the Host organisation in the Respiratory Team who meet the inclusion criteria
Patients with suspected Inducible laryngeal Obstruction (ILO)
Patients referred to a Tertiary referral centre who are suspected of having ILO
Sponsors
Leads: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Collaborators: Lancaster University, University College, London, Edge Hill University, University of Central Lancashire