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Low Tidal Volume Ventilation With Hyperoxia Avoidance During Cardiopulmonary Bypass (The FOCUS Trial)

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Cardiac Surgery
Interventions
Other: Continuous low tidal volume ventilation with using FiO2 of 1.0
Other: Continuous low-tidal volume ventilation with using FiO2 of 0.21
Other: Apnea During CPB
Registration Number
NCT04978636
Lead Sponsor
The Cleveland Clinic
Brief Summary

This is a multi-institutional study (CCF, UPMC, OSU) evaluating different ventilation strategies during cardiopulmonary bypass on mortality and postoperative pulmonary complications, with sub-study investigating 8-iso-prostaglandin F2a and sRAGE levels.

Detailed Description

The investigators will evaluate the effect of low tidal volume with varying FiO2 fractions during cardiopulmonary bypass on postoperative mortality and pulmonary complications. This will be a prospective, pragmatic, cluster randomized trial including all eligible adult cardiac surgical patients requiring cardiopulmonary bypass. Each week, all operating rooms will be randomized to one of three possible ventilation strategies during the period of cardiopulmonary bypass: 1) continuous low tidal volume ventilation with inspired oxygen fraction at 1.0, 2) continuous low tidal volume ventilation with inspired oxygen fraction at 0.21, and 3) no ventilation (apnea). The investigators will anticipate increase in plasma sRAGE and 8-iso-prostaglandin F2a levels in all three groups of patients during CPB with the highest levels immediately after cross-clamp release. The investigators will anticipate significant difference with at least 25% lower sRAGE levels in this group. The sub-study will also provide preliminary data on the behavior of the 8-iso-prostaglandin F2a which will be useful in further investigation of other targeted interventions to reduce ischemia-reperfusion injury to the lung during routine cardiac surgical operations.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
5502
Inclusion Criteria
  • >18 years of age
  • Male and female patients undergoing elective cardiac surgeries requiring cardiopulmonary bypass.
Exclusion Criteria

Emergency surgeries, surgeries requiring lung isolation and one-lung ventilation (OLV), heart or lung transplants, and mechanical circulatory support device implantation pulmonary thrombendarterectomies.

  • Surgeries requiring one-lung ventilation will be excluded because of the inability to employ study intervention and the differential treatment of the lungs likely confounding any potential effect from the planned intervention.
  • Lung transplant surgeries will be excluded for similar reasons as well as other confounding effects affecting the primary composite outcome.
  • Heart transplants and mechanical circulatory support device implantation surgeries will be excluded because these patients already receive intervention as part of the institutional protocol at the primary study site.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Continuous low tidal volume ventilation with using FiO2 of 1.0Continuous low tidal volume ventilation with using FiO2 of 1.0The investigator will investigate the effect of low tidal volume lung ventilation with hyperoxia avoidance (FiO2 of 0.21) on PPCs and mortality compared to hyperoxic low-tidal volume ventilation (with FiO2 of 1.0) or apnea during CPB, and during the sub-study.
Continuous low-tidal volume ventilation with using FiO2 of 0.21Continuous low-tidal volume ventilation with using FiO2 of 0.21The investigator will investigate the effect of continuous low tidal volume ventilation with hyperoxia avoidance (using FiO2 of 0.21) on PPCs and 30-day mortality compared to low-tidal volume ventilation (with FiO2 of 0.21) or apnea during CPB, and during the sub-study.
ApneaApnea During CPBThe investigator will investigate the effect of apnea during on PPCs and mortality compared to hyperoxic low-tidal volume ventilation (with FiO2 of 1.0) or hyperoxia avoidance (FiO2 of 0.21) during CPB, and during the sub-study..
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Occurrence of Composite including STS 30 day Mortality and postoperative pulmonary complicationsWithin 30 days of surgery

Composite including STS 30-day mortality and postoperative pulmonary complications defined a early respiratory failure defined as PaO2/FiO2 ratio\<200 mmHg at any time within the first 24 hours of ICU admission, postoperative reintubation during the hospital stay, prolonged ventilation, pneumonia, pleural effusion requiring drainage, pneumothorax requiring intervention, and readmission due to: pleural effusion requiring intervention, or pneumonia.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
CPB timeDuring surgery

Duration of cardiopulmonary bypass (STS defined)

30-day mortalityWithin 30 days of surgery

STS defined in hospital mortality

Hospital LOSWithin 30 days of surgery

Hospital length of stay (STS defined)

Need for tracheostomyWithin 30 days of surgery

Need for tracheostomy (STS defined)

ICU LOSWithin 30 days of surgery

ICU length of stay (STS defined)

ReintubationWithin 30 days of surgery

Reintubation (STS defined)

Early respiratory failure - PaO2/FiO2 ratio < 200 mmHg at any time within the first 24 hours of ICU admission24 hours

PaO2/FiO2 ratio \< 200 mmHg at any time within the first 24 hours of ICU admission

Pleural effusion requiring drainageWithin 30 days of surgery

Pleural effusion requiring drainage (STS defined)

PneumoniaWithin 30 days of surgery

Pneumonia (STS defined)

Readmissionwithin 30 days of surgery

Readmission due to respiratory complication or need for thoracentesis and chest tube insertion (STS defined)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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