Safety and efficacy of Pulmonary physiotherapy in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia (PPTCOVID Study): A prospective, randomised, single-blind, controlled trial

Abstract Background Pulmonary physiotherapy (PPT) is an important treatment in the management of patients with different types of pulmonary disorders. We aimed to evaluate safety and efficacy of PPT in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.Methods In this randomised, single-blind, controlled trial, we enrolled hospitalized, non-intubated patients (18 to 75 years with oxygen saturation (Spo2) in free-air breathing ≤90%) with COVID-19 pneumonia at a referral hospital. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive PPT (six sessions PPT with breathing exercises and airway clearance techniques) or basic care. The primary outcomes were venous blood O2 (pO2) and CO2 (pCO2) pressures, Spo2, and three-minute walking test (3MWT) that were assessed before and end of sixth session. Secondary outcomes included level of dyspnea, venous blood PH, one-month mortality, three-month mortality and short form-36 (SF-36) after one and three months. The assessor was blinded to the assignment. This trial is registered with <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://ClinicalTrials.gov">ClinicalTrials.gov</jats:ext-link> (<jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="clintrialgov" xlink:href="NCT04357340">NCT04357340</jats:ext-link>).Findings In April-May 2020, 40 participants were randomly assigned to PPT or basic care groups. While at the end of intervention, pO2 (adjusted mean difference to baseline measure (AMD) 6.43 mmHg [95%CI 2.8, 10.07], P&lt;0.01), Spo2 (AMD 4.43% [95%CI 2.04, 6.83], P=0.0011), and 3MTW (AMD 91.44 m [95%CI 68.88, 113.99], P&lt;0.01) were higher in PPT group and basic care group, pCO2 was not improved (AMD -2.1 mmHg [95%CI-6.36, 2.21], P=0.33). Mortality rate was 20% (OR adjusted to baseline Spo2 .19 [95%CI .03, 1.30], P=.09) and 25% (OR adjusted to baseline Spo2 .16 [95%CI .26, 1.05], P=.056) lower in the PPT group at three-month at one-month and three-month, respectively. There were no significant differences in most SF-36 domains scores after one and three months. No serious adverse event was observed during PPT sessions.Conclusion Early PPT can be considered a safe and effective therapeutic choice for patients with severe COVID-19..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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bioRxiv.org - (2021) vom: 04. Aug. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Javaherian, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Shadmehr, Azadeh [VerfasserIn]
Keshtkar, Abbasali [VerfasserIn]
Beigmohammadi, Mohammad-Taghi [VerfasserIn]
Dabbaghipour, Narges [VerfasserIn]
Syed, Aabis [VerfasserIn]
Moghadam, Behrouz Attarbashi [VerfasserIn]

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10.1101/2021.04.24.21255892

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XBI020455666