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Changes in Lung Aeration and Inspiratory Effort With and Without Awake Prone

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Ventilation Therapy; Complications
Interventions
Behavioral: With and Without Awake Prone Positioning
Registration Number
NCT05719103
Lead Sponsor
Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital
Brief Summary

The investigators aimed to investigate the ventilation homogeneity and transpulmonary pressure during treatments of High-flow nasal cannula(HFNC) and (CPAP) on supine and prone position for COVID-19 or non-COVID-19 patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF).

Detailed Description

Awake prone positioning (APP) for non-intubated patients has been reported to improve oxygenation for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF),particularly for patients with COVID-19 induced AHRF, APP has been shown to decrease the need of intubation.Similarly, APP with helmet continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) enables a reduction in the work of breathing and an improvement in oxygenation and sensation of dyspnea in COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Moreover, among intubated patients with ARDS assessed by electro-impedance tomography (EIT), prone positioning was found to reduce alveolar overdistention and collapse, resulting in improvement of ventilation homogeneity.However, the effects of APP on the ventilation homogeneity and work of breathing for non-COVID-19 patients with AHRF remain unknown.

High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) has been proven to improve oxygenation and reduce intubation rate for patients with AHRF in multiple meta-analyses,and has been recommended to treat AHRF in several recently published guidelines.CPAP provides consistent level of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), in comparison to variable level of PEEP generated by HFNC, thus CPAP was reported to have greater improvement of oxygenation than HFNC in 20 patients with AHRF, more importantly, they found that among patients who avoided intubation, the extent of oxygenation improvement was greater with HFNC+APP than with NIV+APP, in contrast, for patients who were intubated, the extent of oxygenation improvement was greater with NIV+APP than with HFNC+APP.This raised the concerns of the self-inflicted lung injury (SILI) generated by heterogenous aeration and large swings of transpulmonary pressure. Thus, the investigators aimed to investigate the ventilation homogeneity and transpulmonary pressure during treatments of HFNC and CPAP on supine and prone.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
34
Inclusion Criteria
  • adult patients (18-90 years) who have acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, requiring FIO2 > 0.4 to maintain SpO2 at 90-95% during HFNC at 50 L/min
Exclusion Criteria
  • patients who need immediate intubation; refuse to participate in the study; unable to communicate; have contraindication to place the esophageal catheter; unable to use EIT, such as open-chest surgery with chest tube placement; have contraindication for prone positioning, including pregnant, post-abdomen surgery within a week; hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
NIV PPWith and Without Awake Prone PositioningCPAP with full face mask at 10 cmH2O at prone position
HFNC SPWith and Without Awake Prone PositioningHFNC flow at 60 L/min or maximum tolerable flow at supine position
MC PPWith and Without Awake Prone PositioningMask oxygen at prone position
HFNC PPWith and Without Awake Prone PositioningHFNC flow at 60 L/min or maximum tolerable flow at prone position
NIV SPWith and Without Awake Prone PositioningCPAP with full face mask at 10 cmH2O at supine position
MC SPWith and Without Awake Prone PositioningMask oxygen at supine position
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The differences in lung homogeneity during HFNC30 minutes

The differences in lung homogeneity (global inhomogeneity index) during HFNC therapy at 60 L/min or maximum tolerable flow at supine and awake prone position

The differences in lung homogeneity during CPAP30 minutes

The differences in lung homogeneity (global inhomogeneity index) during CPAP with full face mask at 8 cmH2O at supine and awake prone position

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
patient' comfort scores30 minutes

during HFNC and CPAP treatment at supine and prone position, patient' comfort scores

work of breathing30 minutes

the differences in WOB during HFNC therapy at 60 L/min or maximum tolerable flow at supine and awake prone position

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Zhongshan hospital

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Shanghai, China

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