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ECCO2R as an Adjunct to NIV in AECOPD

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Interventions
Device: NIV
Device: ECCO2R
Registration Number
NCT02086084
Lead Sponsor
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Brief Summary

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the UKs commonest chronic diseases and is responsible for a significant number of acute hospital admissions. COPD is characterised by progressive destruction in the elastic tissue within the lung, causing respiratory failure. The clinical course of COPD is characterised by recurrent acute exacerbations (AECOPD), causing considerable morbidity and mortality. Patients with moderate to severe acute exacerbations present with increased work of breathing and hypercapnia. The standard for respiratory support in this setting is non-invasive ventilation (NIV), a management strategy underpinned by a considerable evidence base. However despite NIV, up to 30% of patients with AECOPD will 'fail' and require intubation and mechanical ventilation. The mortality rate for patients requiring NIV is approximately 4%, if conversion to mechanical ventilation occurs the mortality is 29%.

The last decade has seen an increasing interest in the provision of extracorporeal support for respiratory failure. The key element that has underpinned improving survival has been technological advancement. This has resulted in pumps causing less blood trauma and inflammatory response, better percutaneous cannulation techniques and coated circuits with reduced heparin requirements. Overall this has significantly reduced the complications associated with the provision of extracorporeal support. One variation of this technique (extra-corporeal CO2 removal ECCO2R) allows CO2 clearance from the blood. This approach has been the subject of a number of animal experiments and uncontrolled human case series demonstrating improved arterial CO2 and reduced work of breathing. Our own unpublished series demonstrates the same physiological changes. However to date the benefits of this approach have not been tested in a randomised controlled trial.

The hypothesis is that the addition of ECCO2R to NIV will shorten the duration of NIV and reduce likelihood of intubation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
21
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
NIVNIVStandard application of NIV in hypercapnic respiratory failure as per usual standard of care
ECCO2RNIVAddition of ECCO2R to NIV in AECOPD
ECCO2RECCO2RAddition of ECCO2R to NIV in AECOPD
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to cessation NIVparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days

Time to cessation of NIV is defined as from NIV commencement to 6 hours without NIV.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to cessation ECCO2Rparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days

Defined as from the commencement of ECCO2R to 6 hours following cessation of CO2 removal

haemolysis related to the interventionparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
Time to normalisation of pHparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
respiratory mechanicsparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
Time to event analysisinitial phase of study, an expected average of 3 hours

This is a composite endpoint to assess the ability to complete the required elements of the study from screening to commencement of ECCO2R in a clinically relevant timeframe

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)90 days
Intubation rateparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
Incidence of tracheostomyparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
length of ICU stayparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
work of breathingparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
Hospital Length of stayparticipants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 10 days
Mortalityat 90 days
Cannulation-related outcomesparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days

composite outcome of cannulation related complications

subjective dyspnoeaparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
Tolerance of therapyparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days
nutritionparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days

total caloric intake during interventional period

Mobilisationparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days

mobilisation from bed during the study period

thrombotic complicationsparticipants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 4 days

measurement of thrombotic complications in the patient related to the device

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

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