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Air Leak Test In Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Recruiting
Conditions
Respiratory Distress
Upper Airway Obstruction
Interventions
Other: Standard of care for intubated children
Registration Number
NCT05328206
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brief Summary

Respiratory distress by upper airway obstruction (UAO) is the primary etiology of extubation failure in children hospitalized in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

This complication may require various invasive therapeutic which increase morbi-mortality and length of hospital stay.

Cuff leak test (CLT) measured prior extubation to predict post-extubation UAO has been widely used in adult. The test compared expired tidal volume with cuff inflated and cuff deflated in order to predict UAO.

Despite its frequent use in PICU, his predictive value to predict UAO in children is still poorly documented.

Therefore, we conducted the first multicentric, prospective study to evaluate the CLT as a predictor of post-extubation UAO in critically ill children.

The Primary objective is to assess the effectiveness of CLT in predicting severe respiratory distress by UAO within 48 hours of extubation in a critically ill children.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
900
Inclusion Criteria
  1. ≥ 2 day to < 18 years of age,
  2. Ventilated through a cuffed endotracheal tube,
  3. Expected duration of mechanical ventilation ≥ 24 hours,
  4. Having a cuff leak test prior extubation,
  5. Placed on the assist control setting during CLT,
  6. No opposition from parents or patient
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Receiving mechanical ventilation via a tracheostomy,
  2. Unplanned extubation,
  3. Patient with long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV),
  4. History of upper airways pathology,
  5. Surgery of upper airways less than 1 month old,
  6. Limitations of medical care in place,
  7. Parents or patient opposition,
  8. Already been included in this study,
  9. Not affiliated with social security.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Standard of care for intubated children with a cuffed endotracheal tube (c-ETT)Standard of care for intubated children-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Respiratory distress by post-extubation upper airway obstruction (UAO)within 48 hours

The respiratory distress will be assessed using the Westley score. The Westley score evaluates the severity of respiratory function by assessing five factors: level of consciousness, cyanosis, stridor, air entry, and retractions. A specific point values are given for each factor, and the final score sum has a range from 0 to 17. The greater the respiratory distress the more imminent the respiratory distress. Respiratory distress will be defined by a Westley score greater than or equal to 4 with a minimum of 1 for the "stridor" item, at the initiation of at least one of the following treatments (IVC, LNHD, NIV (CPAP, BiPAP or any other mode with two pressure levels), MV(reintubation or tracheotomy)).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cumulative incidence of return to mechanical ventilation (after re-intubation)within 48 hours
Risk factors of severe respiratory distress (RD)within 48 hours

The respiratory distress will be assessed using the Westley score. The Westley score evaluates the severity of respiratory function by assessing five factors: level of consciousness, cyanosis, stridor, air entry, and retractions. A specific point values are given for each factor, and the final score sum has a range from 0 to 17. The greater the respiratory distress the more imminent the respiratory distress. Respiratory distress will be defined by a Westley score greater than or equal to 4 with a minimum of 1 for the "stridor" item, at the initiation of at least one of the following treatments (IVC, LNHD, NIV (CPAP, BiPAP or any other mode with two pressure levels), MV(reintubation or tracheotomy)).

Proportion of patients with intravenous corticosteroid therapy (IVC)at inclusion

Proportion of patients with intravenous corticosteroid therapy (IVC) in progress 12 hours prior to scheduled extubation, whether initiated for extubation or pre-extubation,

Predictive score for severe respiratory distress (RD)within 48 hours

The respiratory distress will be assessed using the Westley score. The Westley score evaluates the severity of respiratory function by assessing five factors: level of consciousness, cyanosis, stridor, air entry, and retractions. A specific point values are given for each factor, and the final score sum has a range from 0 to 17. The greater the respiratory distress the more imminent the respiratory distress. Respiratory distress will be defined by a Westley score greater than or equal to 4 with a minimum of 1 for the "stridor" item, at the initiation of at least one of the following treatments (IVC, LNHD, NIV (CPAP, BiPAP or any other mode with two pressure levels), MV(reintubation or tracheotomy)).

Median length of stay in paediatric intensive careUp to 28 days

Trial Locations

Locations (19)

Hôpital Haut-Lévêques, réanimation chirurgicale cardiopédiatrique

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Bordeaux, France

CHU Bordeaux Pellegrin

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Bordeaux, France

Hôpital Haut-Lévêques, maladies cardio-vasculaires congénitales

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Bordeaux, France

CHU Côte de Nacre

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Caen, France

Hôpital Raymond Poincaré

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Garches, France

CHU Estaing

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

CHU Grenoble Alpes

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Grenoble, France

CHU Bicêtre

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Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

CHU Jeanne de Flandres

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Lille, France

Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant HCL

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Lyon, France

CH Marie Lannelongue

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Paris, France

Debré, AP-HP Nord

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Paris, France

CHU de La Timone - AP-HM

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Marseille, France

Necker, AP-HP Centre - Anesthésie

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Paris, France

CHU Nancy

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Nancy, France

Trousseau, AP-HP Est

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Paris, France

Necker, AP-HP Centre - Médecine intensive

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Paris, France

CHU Toulouse

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Toulouse, France

CHU Clocheville

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Tours, France

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