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NCT04326075: EC-COVID-RCT
Early CPAP in COVID-19 Patients With Respiratory Failure.
NA trial testing CPAP treatment in CPAP Ventilation in 68 participants. Completed in 15 December 2022.
30 June 2021
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 68 |
| Start date | 1 December 2020 |
| Primary completion | 30 June 2021 |
| Estimated completion | 15 December 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across Italy |
Drugs / interventions tested
- CPAP treatment
Conditions studied
- CPAP Ventilation — all drugs for CPAP Ventilation →
- COVID-19 — all drugs for COVID-19 →
- Emergency Departments — all drugs for Emergency Departments →
Sponsor
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Who can join
Adults 18 to 70, any sex, with CPAP Ventilation or COVID-19. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The study aims at clarifying whether early treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) ventilation is able to reduce the need for intubation or death in patients visiting an emergency department (ED) with known or suspected COVID-19 infection and insufficiency respiratory.
Publications & conference data
6 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Clinical Management of Adult Patients with COVID-19 Outside Intensive Care Units: Guidelines from the Italian Society of Anti-Infective Therapy (SITA) and the Italian Society of Pulmonology (SIP).
Bassetti M, Giacobbe DR, Bruzzi P, Barisione E, et al · · 2021 · cited 29× · PMID 34328629 · DOI 10.1007/s40121-021-00487-7 -
COVID-19 Critical Illness: A Data-Driven Review.
Ginestra JC, Mitchell OJL, Anesi GL, Christie JD. · · 2022 · cited 24× · PMID 34520220 · DOI 10.1146/annurev-med-042420-110629 -
High-Flow Nasal Oxygen and Noninvasive Ventilation for COVID-19.
Al-Dorzi HM, Kress J, Arabi YM. · · 2022 · cited 4× · PMID 35667746 · DOI 10.1016/j.ccc.2022.01.006 -
Helmet Non-Invasive Ventilation for COVID-19 Patients (Helmet-COVID): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.
Arabi YM, Tlayjeh H, Aldekhyl S, Al-Dorzi HM, et al · · 2021 · cited 4× · PMID 34446500 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052169 -
Noninvasive ventilation strategies for patients with severe or critical COVID-19: A rapid review of clinical outcomes
Kelly SE, Wells GA. · · 2022 · DOI 10.1101/2022.05.25.22275586 -
Helmet noninvasive ventilation for COVID-19 patients “Helmet-COVID”: study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Arabi Y, Tlayjeh H, Aldekhyl S, Al-Dorzi HM, et al · · 2021 · DOI 10.1101/2021.08.04.21260420
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04326075 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
- Last refreshed: 19 December 2022
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