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Clinical Trials/NCT03718780
NCT03718780CompletedNot Applicable

Assessment of Continuous Measurement of Transcutaneous CO2 for Evaluation of Alveolar Dead Space During Exercise.

Centre Hospitalier Metropole Savoie8 sites in 1 country140 target enrollmentStarted: February 22, 2019Last updated:
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Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
140
Locations
8
Primary Endpoint
Change from baseline of Pt CO2 (transcutaneous CO2 partial pressure) measurement together with PaCO2 (arterial partial CO2 pressure)

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The study aim is to monitor, during exercise tests carried out in various conditions, the alveolar dead space, by means of continuous transcutaneous measurement of Pt CO2, which would be used as a surrogate for arterial PaCO2. Validity of this measurement needs to be assessed against arterial sampling (either arterial, or arterialized capillary), especially with regards to the lag time required by the CO2 diffusion from the arterial compartment (PaCO2) to the cutaneous one (PtCO2), in particular when rapid changes of CO2 might be induced by exercise.

The evaluation will be done in 2 different settings:

  • intensive care patients, equipped, for their routine clinical care, with an arterial line; this allows for a precise timed comparison between PaCO2 and PtCO2 readouts;
  • routine exercise test, where blood gas evaluation is done essentially by means of arterialized earlobe capillary sampling.

Following assessment of validity of the measurement (and the lag time PaCO2-PtCO2 which might be necessary to introduce as a correction), evolution of dead space during excise test will be tested in different conditions: Healthy subjects, patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), chronic heart failure (CHF), hyperventilation, Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH), or interstitial lung disease (ILD)

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Other
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Written and informed consent, and assent where required.
  • Patients in intensive care, conscious and in stable hemodynamic condition, who are already equipped with an arterial line for blood gas analysis (as required by the routine practice in intensive care; no arterial line shall be inserted for the purpose of this study) (Part A1)
  • Or patients/subjects scheduled for routine cardio-pulmonary exercise testing. Among these, the following patients will be included: COPD, PAH, healthy subjects, hyperventilation, chronic cardiac failure, interstitial lung diseases (ILD) (Part A2 and Part B)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Non-French speaking patients/subjects
  • Unstable hemodynamics
  • Local cutaneous lesion or infection
  • Arterial disease such as fistula
  • Women with the following condition: pregnancy, breast feeding
  • Persons deprived of liberty (according to article L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the French Public Health Code)

Arms & Interventions

A1: Patient in intensive care

Experimental

Patient in intensive care (n=10):

in patients in the intensive care unit of the Centre Hospitalier Metropole Savoie (Chambéry, France), where repeated arterial blood gas analysis is routinely performed (Patients equipped for their usual care with an arterial catheter, enabling repeated arterial blood gas determination ).

PaCO2 and Pt CO2 will be measured simultaneously at rest, and during conditions inducing PaCO2 modifications (ventilator settings modifications, or exercise as per routine rehabilitation) Comparison will be done between arterial PaCO2 and PtCO2

Intervention: simultaneous determination of PaCO2 and PtCO2 (Other)

A2: Healthy subjects

Experimental

Healthy subjects performing a voluntary hyperventilation, in the laboratory room where routine exercise testing is usually done.

Comparison will be done between arterialized PaCO2 and PtCO2, at rest, and during an induced voluntary hyperventilation.

Intervention: Hyperventilation test (Other)

A2: Healthy subjects

Experimental

Healthy subjects performing a voluntary hyperventilation, in the laboratory room where routine exercise testing is usually done.

Comparison will be done between arterialized PaCO2 and PtCO2, at rest, and during an induced voluntary hyperventilation.

Intervention: Exercise test (Other)

B1: Healthy subject

Experimental

Subjects, referred for exercise diagnostic testing, and whose results indicate normal cardiac and pulmonary exercise physiology.

Measurement, throughout these exercise tests, of the alveolar dead space, and its kinetics, up to peak VO2, then during recovery, in the different conditions listed above. Alveolar dead space will be calculated using the continuous Pt CO2 values observed, and also with some intermittent PaCO2 measurement, done as per routine modus operandi (arterialized earlobe capillary drawn at rest, at ventilatory threshold, and at peak exercise). The values measured through PtCO2 and PaCO2 will be compared at these 3 time points.

Intervention: Exercise test (Other)

B2: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Experimental

Measurement, throughout these exercise tests, of the alveolar dead space, and its kinetics, up to peak VO2, then during recovery, in the different conditions listed above. Alveolar dead space will be calculated using the continuous Pt CO2 values observed, and also with some intermittent PaCO2 measurement, done as per routine modus operandi (arterialized earlobe capillary drawn at rest, at ventilatory threshold, and at peak exercise). The values measured through PtCO2 and PaCO2 will be compared at these 3 time points.

Intervention: Exercise test (Other)

B3: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)

Experimental

Measurement, throughout these exercise tests, of the alveolar dead space, and its kinetics, up to peak VO2, then during recovery, in the different conditions listed above. Alveolar dead space will be calculated using the continuous Pt CO2 values observed, and also with some intermittent PaCO2 measurement, done as per routine modus operandi (arterialized earlobe capillary drawn at rest, at ventilatory threshold, and at peak exercise). The values measured through PtCO2 and PaCO2 will be compared at these 3 time points.

Intervention: Exercise test (Other)

B4: Chronic heart failure (CHF)

Experimental

Measurement, throughout these exercise tests, of the alveolar dead space, and its kinetics, up to peak VO2, then during recovery, in the different conditions listed above. Alveolar dead space will be calculated using the continuous Pt CO2 values observed, and also with some intermittent PaCO2 measurement, done as per routine modus operandi (arterialized earlobe capillary drawn at rest, at ventilatory threshold, and at peak exercise). The values measured through PtCO2 and PaCO2 will be compared at these 3 time points.

Intervention: Exercise test (Other)

B5: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)

Experimental

Measurement, throughout these exercise tests, of the alveolar dead space, and its kinetics, up to peak VO2, then during recovery, in the different conditions listed above. Alveolar dead space will be calculated using the continuous Pt CO2 values observed, and also with some intermittent PaCO2 measurement, done as per routine modus operandi (arterialized earlobe capillary drawn at rest, at ventilatory threshold, and at peak exercise). The values measured through PtCO2 and PaCO2 will be compared at these 3 time points.

Intervention: Exercise test (Other)

B6: inappropriate hyperventilation syndrome

Experimental

Measurement, throughout these exercise tests, of the alveolar dead space, and its kinetics, up to peak VO2, then during recovery, in the different conditions listed above. Alveolar dead space will be calculated using the continuous Pt CO2 values observed, and also with some intermittent PaCO2 measurement, done as per routine modus operandi (arterialized earlobe capillary drawn at rest, at ventilatory threshold, and at peak exercise). The values measured through PtCO2 and PaCO2 will be compared at these 3 time points.

Intervention: Exercise test (Other)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change from baseline of Pt CO2 (transcutaneous CO2 partial pressure) measurement together with PaCO2 (arterial partial CO2 pressure)

Time Frame: at rest and during exercise/hyperventilation: 30 secondes, 1 minute, 1 ½ minute 2, 2 ½ , 3 , 4, 5 and 10 minutes.

Part A: serial simultaneous measurements of Pt CO2 (transcutaneous CO2 partial pressure), and PaCO2 (arterial partial CO2 pressure), done 1. during exercise 2. during voluntary hyperventilation

Change from baseline by means of continuous measurement of alveolar dead space (VD/VT=(PaCO2-PECO2) /PaCO2), expressed as a percentage from 0% to 100 %) , during exercise test, in different clinical settings

Time Frame: continuous measurement: from rest throughout exercise test ( beginning of test, to maximum load (5-10 minutes), then throughout 5 minutes recovery.

Part B: change from baseline with continuous alveolar dead space ( (VD/VT=(PaCO2-PECO2) /PaCO2), expressed as percentage from 0 to 100%) variation measurement, during exercise and recovery, in: * healthy subject * different patient categories: COPD at different stages, pulmonary artery hypertension, hyperventilation syndrome, cardiac failure, Interstitial Lung Disease). Establish patterns seen in these different conditions.

Secondary Outcomes

No secondary outcomes reported

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor

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