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Lung Open Ventilation to Decrease Mortality in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Registration Number
NCT00182195
Lead Sponsor
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Brief Summary

A multinational, randomized trial comparing two lung protecting strategies of respiratory life support among critically ill patients with severe lung injury.

Detailed Description

To compare an innovative Lung Open Ventilation strategy with a proven low tidal volume strategy, hypothesizing that the Lung Open Ventilation strategy may reduce mortality, other organ dysfunction, and the duration of mechanical ventilation, intensive care, and hospital stay.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
980
Inclusion Criteria
  • Invasive mechanical ventilation
  • Acute respiratory insufficiency (within past 28 days)
  • Bilateral infiltrates on frontal chest radiograph
  • Hypoxemia, defined as PaO2/FiO2<=250
Exclusion Criteria
  • Primary cause of respiratory failure is cardiac
  • Anticipated duration of mechanical ventilation < 48 hours
  • Inability to wean other experimental ventilation strategies
  • Severe chronic respiratory disease
  • Neuromuscular disease that will prolong mechanical ventilation
  • Conditions where hypercapnia-induced intracranial hypertension should be avoided
  • Morbid obesity (> 1Kg per cm body weight)
  • Pregnancy
  • Very unlikely to survive and lack of commitment to life support Underlying irreversible condition with 6 month mortality >= 50%
  • Greater than 48 hours elapsed since first eligible
  • Current participation in competing trial
  • Lack of physician, patient or proxy consent

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Hospital Mortality
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mortality attributed to respiratory failure
Duration of respiratory failure and duration of mechanical failure
Evaluation of respiratory function during mechanical ventilation
Incidence of barotraumas
Non-respiratory organ dysfunction

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hamilton Health Sciences - General Hospital

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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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