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Brain Recovery With Automated VEntilation

Recruiting
Conditions
Respiration, Artificial
Brain Injuries, Acute
Automation
Registration Number
NCT06367816
Lead Sponsor
University of Genova
Brief Summary

Thus far, the closed-loop ventilation mode INTELLiVENT-ASV has been extensively tested in various groups of critically ill patients, and has been shown to be effective and safe in various groups of ventilated patients, including those at risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), patients with ARDS, and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Some of these studies included acute brain injury (ABI) patients, but the effectiveness, efficacy and safety of INTELLiVENT-ASV has never been thoroughly tested in these patients. The current study will investigate the effectiveness in providing both brain- and lung protective ventilation, the safety and the efficacy of a closed-loop ventilation mode (INTELLiVENT-ASV) in acute brain injury patients, using breath-by-breath data.

Detailed Description

Rationale: Closed-loop ventilation has been proven effective in lung-protective ventilation but its effectiveness, safety and efficacy in providing both lung- and brain-protective ventilation in patients with acute brain injury has not been investigated.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness, efficacy and safety of INTELLiVENT-ASV with respect to brain- and lung-protective ventilation in ABI patients

Hypothesis: We hypothesize that INTELLiVENT-ASV is effective with regard to brain- and lung-protective ventilation (that is achieving brain- and lung- protective targets), efficacious (that is improving outcomes), and that INTELLiVENT-ASV is safe in invasively ventilated ABI patients.

Study design: Single-center, crossover trial.

Methods: In this prospective observational study, breath-by-breath ventilation data will be available from before and after the switch to closed-loop ventilation with INTELLiVENT-ASV, wherein the decision to switch is determined by the attending healthcare worker, i.e., not protocolized and only for clinical/organizational reasons. High granular data are collected both before and after this switch, limited to three hours for conventional and three hours for closed-loop ventilation. Neuromonitoring is part of current clinical practice and data will be collected only when available.

Study population: Invasively ventilated patients diagnosed with acute brain injury Methods: When the ventilator is switched upon the caregivers decision, data will be collected from three hours before the switch and three hours after the switch.

Study endpoints: The primary composite endpoint is the proportion of breaths and proportion of time within predefined zones of ventilation (based on VT and airway pressures, saturation of peripheral O2 (SpO2) and end-tidal CO2 (EtCO2).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria
  • aged ≥ 18 years;
  • intubated and receiving invasive ventilation for ABI;
  • admitted to the Intensive Care Unit
Exclusion Criteria
  • receiving ventilation with a ventilator that does not allow INTELLiVENT-ASV

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of breaths in predefined zones of ventilation7 hours from baseline
Proportion of time in predefined zones of ventilation7 hours from baseline
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes on Electrical Impedence Tomography when available7 hours from baseline
Hospital length of stay90 days
90-day mortality90 days
Intracerebral changes assessed by multimodal neuromonitoring available7 hours from baseline
Episodes and time of high maximum airway pressure7 hours from baseline
Percentage of breaths in the predefined 'critical' ventilation zone7 hours from baseline
28-day mortality90 days
Effectiveness in primary ABI patients vs non primary ABI patients7 hours from baseline
Episodes and time of high respiratory rate7 hours from baseline
Incidence of severe hypoxemia7 hours from baseline
Incidence of severe hypercapnia7 hours from baseline
Ventilator free days90 days
Number of manual adjustments7 hours from baseline
Intensive care unit length of stay90 days
Incidence of pneumothorax8 hours from baseline
Number of alarms7 hours from baseline
Discontinuation of ventilatory mode (yes or no)7 hours from baseline
Efficacy on glascow coma scale7 hours from baseline
Duration of ventilation in survivors90 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UO Clinica Anestesiologica e Terapia Intensiva, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino

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Genova, GE, Italy

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