NCT06539598Completed
Respiratory Training in Friedreich's Ataxia
Impact of Respiratory Training in Swallowing and Respiratory Function in Patients With Friedreich's Ataxia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Nov 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a prospective interventional study of patients with Friedreich's Ataxia that receive respiratory strength training for a period of 12 weeks with two research visits at the beginning and at the end of the study period. Visits include swallowing evaluation with fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing, pulmonary function testing, surface electromyography and patient surveys.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1 (actual)
- First submitted
- 30 Jul 2024
- Start date
- 29 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 7 Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Florida
- Diseases
- Friedreich ataxia
- NCT number
- NCT06539598
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 1
- From 29 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 7 Aug 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- have been on antibiotics within 15 days prior to baseline screening.
- have been prescribed systemic corticosteroids or neuromuscular blocking agents within 15 days of the baseline screening
- have any other concurrent medical condition which, in the opinion of the investigators, would make the subject inappropriate to participate in testing or respiratory exercise
Other illness
- have an allergy or contraindication to topical lidocaine or oxymetazoline
Who the study is looking for
- confirmed genetic testing of Friedreich's Ataxia
- have an overall DIGEST score of 1 or higher based on FEES screening
- are able to perform pulmonary function testing
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gainesville | United States | Unknown status |
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