Areas of interest
Atos Medical is specifically interested in supporting Investigator Initiated Studies within the following therapeutic areas and topics.
General areas of interest within laryngectomy care, tracheostomy care, and jaw rehabilitation:
- Impact of product/product type/product regimen on patient satisfaction, quality of life, treatment costs, compliance, adherence to treatment or cost-effectiveness
- Impact of product/product type/ product regimen on clinical benefits or complications (potentially compared to equivalent product/treatment)
- Impact of patient care or educational programs involving product/product types/product regimes on patient behavior, satisfaction, or quality of life
Specific topics of interest (non-exhaustive):
Laryngectomy care:
- Pulmonary rehabilitation with Provox Life HMEs
- Early HME adaptation during post-operative period
- Post-operative use of Adhesives and/or early weaning protocols of LaryTubes
- FreeHands speech
- Voice rehabilitation with Provox Voice prosthesis
- Scheduled Voice prosthesis replacement
Tracheostomy Care:
- Pulmonary rehabilitation with HMEs in different patient populations, e.g. ICU, Neuro, ENT, community and compared to alternative methods of communication, e.g. external humidifiers
- Tracheostomy tube weaning
- PDT
- ACV
- Product and care routines that improve clinical outcomes or patient quality of life
- Service model implementation to improve clinical outcomes or patient quality of life and reduce burden on hospital systems