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Mechanical Insufflation-exsufflation and Hypertonic Saline in Nosocomial Bacterial Respiratory Tract Infection

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Nosocomial Infection
Tracheobronchitis
Mechanical Ventilation Complication
Endotracheal Intubation
Nosocomial Pneumonia
Interventions
Other: Standard of Care
Device: Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation
Other: Hypertonic saline with hyaluronic acid
Registration Number
NCT06310941
Lead Sponsor
Hospital San Carlos, Madrid
Brief Summary

Multicenter, randomized open label clinical trial to evaluate IEM and HS as concomitant therapy for respiratory tract infection in patients under artificial ventilation in the ICU.

Lung infection is a serious complication that may occur during hospital stay and may need artificial respiration or even develop during artificial ventilation for other causes.

Current specific treatment consists of intravenous antibiotics. The current study evaluated whether aspiration and drainage of infected sputum helps curing this severe complication and whether nebulized HS has additional benefits, like loosening of secretions, eradicating bacteria or reducing inflammation.

Detailed Description

Open label, randomized, multicenter (7 ICUs at 7 hospitals in Spain). The study has 2 main arms, pneumonia and tracheobronchitis.

If the diagnosis is pneumonia, subjects will be randomization to one of 3 study groups:

1. IV Antibiotic therapy

2. IV Antibiotic therapy + mechanical insufflation-Exsugglation (MI-E)

3. IV Antibiotic therapy + MI-E + nebulized hypertonic saline-hyaluronic acid (HS)

If the diagnosis is tracheobronchitis,subjects will be randomization to one of 3 study groups:

1. No specific therapy (recommendation of the Infectious Diseases Society of America)

2. IV Antibiotic therapy (common practice to prevent progressión to pneumona and shorten duration of intubation)

3. MI-E + HS

Safety will be compared by number of adverse events, severe adverse events and mortality between study groups in each main arm. Efficacy will be compared by duration of respiratory support and number of cases with worsening organ dysfunction.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • Signed informed consent
  • Nosocomial pneumonia (vHAP or VAP) or nosocomial tracheobronchitis
  • Intubated with a cuffed endotracheal tube or tracheostomy cannula.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Ominous prognosis
  • Frank hemoptisis
  • Barotrauma (pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum)
  • Bronchospasm (patients on bronchodilators for previous bronchospasm may be included
  • Unstable thoracic cage
  • Suspected unmonitored intracraneal hypertension

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Standard of CareStandard of CareStandard of care: Systemic antibiotic therapy according to local protocol and at the discretion of the attending intensivist.
Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation with hypertonic saline/hyaluronic acid cominationMechanical insufflation-exsufflationSystemic antibiotic therapy choice according to local protocol and at the discretion of the attending intensivist plus Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E sessión tid during the first 48 hours, followed by MI-E if secretions are present or suspected; recommended settings +50 cmH2O/-50 cmH2O) with simultaneous nebulization of hypertonic saline (7%) with hyaluronic acid (0.1%).
Mechanical insufflation-exsufflationMechanical insufflation-exsufflationSystemic antibiotic therapy choice according to local protocol and at the discretion of the attending intensivist plus Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E sessión tid during the first 48 hours, followed by MI-E if secretions are present or suspected; recommended settings +50 cmH2O/-50 cmH2O)
Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation with hypertonic saline/hyaluronic acid cominationHypertonic saline with hyaluronic acidSystemic antibiotic therapy choice according to local protocol and at the discretion of the attending intensivist plus Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E sessión tid during the first 48 hours, followed by MI-E if secretions are present or suspected; recommended settings +50 cmH2O/-50 cmH2O) with simultaneous nebulization of hypertonic saline (7%) with hyaluronic acid (0.1%).
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Median respiratory support-free days increase at day 28Inclusion to day 28 after randomization

28 minus duration in days on high-flow nasal cannula + invasive ventilation.

Percentage of subjects surviving/dying day 28Inclusion to day 28 after randomization

crude mortality on day 28 after randomization

Median SOFA score increase >2 points on day 4inclusion to day 4 after randomization

Increase in organ dysfunction score from baseline to day 4 after randomization.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Subjects with bacterial eradication in respiratory samples at day 4 after randomizationDay 3 to 5 after randomization

Negative tests for causal microorganism in day 4 samples

Subjects with bacterial eradication in respiratory samples at end of systemic antibiotic therapy7 and 14 days after randomization

Negative culture and molecular test for causative bacteria in samples at end of therapy

Median Length of ICU stayICU admission to discharge or death in days

Duration of ICU stay from admission to discharge or death

Median antibiotic-free days at 28 daysfrom study inclusion to day 28

28 minus days without systemic antibiotic therapy

Trial Locations

Locations (8)

Hospital Clínico San Carlos

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Madrid, Spain

Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria.

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Tenerife, Las Palmas, Spain

Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro.

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Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Hospital Vall d´Hebrón.

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Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Clinico San Carlos

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Madrid, Spain

Hospital de la Princesa

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Madrid, Spain

Hospital Doce de Octubre

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Madrid, Spain

Virgen de la Salud

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Toledo, Spain

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