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Clinical Trials/NCT07423520
NCT07423520
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Not Applicable

HemodynamIc eFfects of Lung Collapse and overdIstension in Patients With Moderate-to-seVEre Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: the HI-FIVE Physiologic Study

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS1 site in 1 country20 target enrollmentStarted: February 28, 2026Last updated:
InterventionsChange in PEEP

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Not yet recruiting
Enrollment
20
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Impact of lung collapse on cardiac output

Overview

Brief Summary

The management ARDS relies on ventilatory strategies aimed at limiting ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). The setting of PEEP is still subject of debate, as randomized clinical trials comparing standardized higher versus lower PEEP strategies failed to demonstrate a clear survival advantage. Only few studies explored the hemodynamic effects of various PEEP levels depending on lung recruitability. Furthermore, the role of PEEP-mediated lung collapse and overdistention on patients' hemodynamics has yet to be elucidated. In this physiologic study, the association between EIT-measured lung collapse and overdistention and cardiac function will be explored, accounting for the individual potential for lung recruitment, partitioned respiratory mechanics and cardiac preload responsiveness. Three PEEP levels will be tested in a randomized, crossover fashion: PEEP corresponding to the crossing point between lung collapse and overdistention, PEEP associated with low lung collapse, PEEP associated with low lung overdistention.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Crossover
Primary Purpose
Supportive Care
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • acute respiratory failure with onset \< 1 week from a predisposing risk factor, such as pneumonia, non-pulmonary infection, trauma, transfusion, aspiration, or shock;
  • bilateral opacities on chest radiography and computed tomography or bilateral B lines and/or consolidations on lung ultrasound not fully explained by effusions, atelectasis, or nodules/masses;
  • pulmonary edema not exclusively or primarily attributable to cardiogenic pulmonary edema/fluid overload, and hypoxemia/gas exchange abnormalities not primarily attributable to atelectasis;
  • PaO2/FiO2 ratio ≤ 200 during invasive controlled mechanical ventilation;

Exclusion Criteria

  • age \<18 years;
  • pregnancy;
  • signs of barotrauma or documented pneumothorax;
  • severe tachycardia (HR \> 120 bpm) and severe lacticaemia (lac \> 4 mmol/L)
  • pre-existing decompensated heart failure (NYHA class 3-4 and/or documented left ventricular ejection fraction \< 35%);
  • contraindications to EIT placing (open chest wounds, presence of cardiac pacemaker);
  • intubation as a result of an acute exacerbation of chronic pulmonary disease;
  • contraindications to esophageal balloon placement (high bleeding risk, esophageal varices).

Arms & Interventions

Low lung overdistention PEEP

Experimental

Intervention: Change in PEEP (Other)

Lung collapse and overdistention crossing point PEEP

Experimental

Intervention: Change in PEEP (Other)

Low lung collapse PEEP

Experimental

Intervention: Change in PEEP (Other)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Impact of lung collapse on cardiac output

Time Frame: Assesment performed at the end of each of the three 30 minute steps

Evaluation of the relative contribution of lung collapse (arbitrary units) on patients' cardiac output at different PEEP levels (L/min)

Impact of lung collapse on pulmonary vascular resistance

Time Frame: Assesment performed at the end of each of the three 30 minute steps

Evaluation of the relative contribution of lung collapse (arbitrary units) on pulmonary vascular resistance (dyn·s/cm\^5) at different PEEP levels

Impact of lung overdistention on cardiac output

Time Frame: Assesment performed at the end of each of the three 30 minute steps

Evaluation of the relative contribution of lung overdistention (arbitrary units) on patients' cardiac output at different PEEP levels (L/min)

Impact of lung overdistention on pulmonary vascular resistance

Time Frame: Assesment performed at the end of each of the three 30 minute steps

Evaluation of the relative contribution of lung overdistention (arbitrary units) on pulmonary vascular resistance (dyn·s/cm\^5) at different PEEP levels

Secondary Outcomes

  • Correlation between potential for lung recruitment and PEEP-induced changes in cardiac output(Assessment at the end of each of the three 30 minute steps)
  • Correlation between potential for lung recruitment and PEEP-induced changes in pulmonary vascular resistance(Assesment performed at the end of each of the three 30 minute steps)
  • PEEP-induced effects on cardiac output in cardiac preload responsive vs. nonresponsive patients(Assesment performed at the end of each of the three 30 minute steps)
  • PEEP-induced effects on pulmonary vascular resistance in cardiac preload responsive vs. nonresponsive patients(Assesment performed at the end of each of the three 30 minute steps)
  • Relationship between transpulmonary pressures and central venous pressure variations(At the end of each of the three 30 minute steps)
  • Lung hysteresis(At the end of each of the three 30 minute steps)
  • Lung aeration distribution(At the end of each of the three 30 minute steps)
  • Relationship between PEEP-induced changes in lung volume and PEEP-induced changes in pulmonary vascular resistance(Assesment performed at the end of each of the three 30 minute steps)
  • Relationship between PEEP-induced changes in lung volume and PEEP-induced changes in cardiac output(Assesment performed at the end of each of the three 30 minute steps)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

GRIECO DOMENICO LUCA

Medical Doctor, Principal Investigator

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Study Sites (1)

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