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Clinical Trials/EUCTR2007-000053-62-GB
EUCTR2007-000053-62-GBActive, not recruitingNot Applicable

The effects of helium-oxygen gas mixture (Heliox) on airway pressures in mechanically ventilated adult patients with acute lung injury - Chertsey Heliox trial

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust0 sitesStarted: March 25, 2008Last updated:
Conditions
Drugs

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Active, not recruiting
Sponsor

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients who meet the American-European Consensus Conference Criteria for ALI (acute onset, bilateral pulmonary infiltrates are present on chest X-ray) and PaO2:FiO2 < 35 on positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of >=5 cm H2O.
  • Patients willl be enrolled within 48 hours of ALI onset
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion Criteria

  • <18 years of age
  • participation in other trials
  • >48 hours of mechanical ventilation before inclusion
  • severe prexisting heart disease or left heart failure
  • unstable patients requiring high dosage of vasopressosrs (noradrenaline > 0.8 mcg/kg/min and/or dobutamine>20 mcg/kg/min)
  • failure to obtain written patient's next of kin assent

Investigators

Sponsor
Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust

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