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Respiratory Mechanics Measurement of Ventilated Patients Through Low-frequency Oscillometry Technique

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Ventilator Lung
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: compliance measurement
Registration Number
NCT06483529
Lead Sponsor
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Brief Summary

Respiratory failure has historically been one of the most important causes for admittance of patients to the critical care unit. This problem was the most important reason during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the evolution of the physiology of the lung has therefore been the number one concern during these challenging times in the intensive care unit (ICU). Respiratory oscillometry (RO) identifies the lung impedance by applying small pressure oscillations onto the breathing or ventilation. Information about the respiratory mechanics can be extracted out of this impedance, including the resistance (R) and compliance (C) of the lung. The VUB developed a robust, patient safe RO measurement protocol that delivers high quality measurements with the least possible interference with the patient's breathing/ventilation. The technique challenges current state-of-the-art techniques also aiming at identifying R and C of the respiratory system (not exclusively RO). The RO measurement protocol is in line with the technical standards of the ERS (European Respiratory Society) and has been successfully and safely tested on emulators and some parts on test subjects. The clinical investigation aims at a powered equivalence investigation between the RO measurement protocol and a standard of care dynamic compliance estimate on invasive ventilated patients. As secondary objectives, the feasibility of the RO techniques will be investigated during pressure support ventilation and the RO estimates will also be compared with other accepted respiratory mechanics estimation tools. To enable the investigation, a RO algorithm is developed, and a RO measurement extension is implemented in the DemcAir® ventilation system of Demcon. This was a fully tested ventilator that received a CE mark under the previous MDD regulation. However, Demcon, which produces ventilator parts for other commercial partners, removed the label to avoid competition with their partners. The ventilator will only execute the protocol on demand and save the data on an USB stick available in the ventilator. At any time, the RO measurement procedure can be stopped, and the ventilator will return to its initial ventilation. The USB stick is used to transport the data to a separate (VUB) laptop where the data processing is done.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
21
Inclusion Criteria
  • intubation

  • Controlled ventilation with an intention to continue controlled ventilation for the following 4 hours.

  • Richmond agitation sedation scale of -4 or less

  • Hemodynamically stable patient with either

    • unchanged vasopressor dose administration for at least 60 minutes before the start of the measurements
    • no vasopressor need and no vasopressor initiated within 60 minutes of measurements
  • No planned intervention in the coming 2 hours

  • Survival for at least 48 hours

  • Protective ventilation (inspired oxygen concentration≤60%, plateau pressure ≤30 cmH2O , driving pressure≤ 15cmH2O)

  • PEEP (Positive End Expiratory Pressure) ≤10

Exclusion Criteria
  • assist ventilation
  • Ventilator asynchronies
  • Intermittent spontaneous breathing
  • nitric oxide therapy
  • presence of an extra corporeal membrane oxygenation device
  • Ventilation is not possible within the lower and upper inflection point of the low flow pressure volume curve.
  • Unstable right heart failure
  • Unstable lung embolism
  • Standard of care without Sedline® or invasive arterial catheter
  • Do not reanimate code of 2, 3 or 4
  • Subjects who are healthy, minors, pregnant women, patients in emergency situation
  • Outside the age range 18 to 84 years

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
ROELEC PROTOCOLcompliance measurementROELEC measurements consist of the application of a sine or multisine excitation pressure signal superimposed on the ventilation signal. The novelties are in the smart design of the excitation signal, not the way it is applied to the patient.
low flow P/V curvescompliance measurementstatic ventilatory pressure volume curves will be generated during the procedure to assure that the patients ventilation is between the lower inflection point and the higher inflection point. this P/V curves will also be analysed but will not be included in the primary endpoint analysis
dynamic P/V curvescompliance measurementdynamic ventilatory pressure volume curves generated during the standard ventilation settings
SOTAcompliance measurementStandard of care oscillometry protocol will also generate low flow P/V curves but will not be included in the primary endpoint analysis
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
complianceTwice a day with at least 4hour interval, during 1 hour, compliance will be measured in every interventional action: ROELEC protocol, SOTA, dynamic P/V curve and low flow P/V curve

compliance of the lung expressed in "ml/cmH20 "

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
impedanceTwice a day with at least 4hour interval, during 1 hour, impedance will be measured in every interventional action: ROELEC protocol, SOTA, dynamic P/V curve and low flow P/V curve

lung impedance expressed in Ohm

resistanceTwice a day with at least 4hour interval, during 1 hour, resistance will be measured in every interventional action: ROELEC protocol, SOTA, dynamic P/V curve and low flow P/V curve

resistance of the lung expressed in cmH20/L/sec

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

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Jette, Brussel Hoofstedelijk Gewest, Belgium

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