Buteyko breathing plus smoking-hygiene for adolescents with passive household smoke exposure and chronic Eustachian tube dysfunction

Is There Efficacy of Adding Buteyko Breathing to Approach of Smoking Hygiene on Dysfucntion of Eustachian Tube and Lung Functions in Adolescnets Who Are Passively Exposed to Tobacco Smoke?

This project will test whether adding regular Buteyko breathing exercises to smoking-hygiene education helps adolescents exposed to household tobacco smoke who have chronic Eustachian tube dysfunction and reduced lung function.

Quick facts

• Phase: NA
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Ages: 13 Years to 17 Years
• Sex: All
• Sponsor: Cairo University (other)
• Locations: 1 site (Giza, Dokki)
• Trial ID: NCT07236580 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

This randomized interventional study will enroll 40 adolescents who are passively exposed to household tobacco smoke and who have chronic obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to two groups of 20; both groups receive a six-month smoking-hygiene program while the intervention group also performs 30-minute Buteyko breathing sessions six days per week for six months. Outcomes include objective measures of Eustachian tube function and pulmonary function tests, plus symptom scores and adherence. The trial is run at Cairo University with in-person enrollment and follow-up visits.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Adolescents with chronic obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction who are passively exposed to tobacco smoke at home and whose parents provide consent are ideal candidates.

Not a fit: Patients with significant cardiac disease, chronic chest/lung disease, renal or hepatic disease, active smokers, or those unable to perform regular breathing exercises are unlikely to benefit or are excluded.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, adding Buteyko breathing could improve Eustachian tube function and lung function and reduce related symptoms in smoke-exposed adolescents.

How similar studies have performed: Breathing retraining approaches like Buteyko have shown modest benefits for asthma and respiratory symptoms in prior studies, but applying them to Eustachian tube dysfunction is novel and largely untested.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Dysfucntion of Eustachian Tube (obstructive chronic form)
* adolescents with passive tobacco exposure from smoking parent or household member
* adolscent participants whose parents approve the participation

Exclusion Criteria:

* cardiac problem
* chest disease
* renal/hepatic disease

Where this trial is running

Giza, Dokki

• Cairo University — Giza, Dokki, Egypt (RECRUITING)

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Ali MA Ismail, lecturer — Cairo University
• Study coordinator: Ali MA Ismail, lecturer

Conditions: Tobacco Smoking, Eustachian Tube Dysfunction