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Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeNCT01003730

The Effects of Different Ventilator Strategies on Inflammation and Injury in Normal Lungs

A study testing Ventilator settings in people with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, run by University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

This research is being done to determine if there is a way the investigators can improve the techniques that they use to assist patients with their breathing during surgery. The majority of surgeries require patients to concurrently undergo general anesthesia. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
What is being tested?
Ventilator settings
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Mar 2009to Mar 2010
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Elective surgery under general anesthesia expected to take 4 hours or more positioned supine for surgery

Who cannot join

  • Subjects who have HIV or who have had Radiation or chemotherapy for cancer
  • Subjects undergoing surgery on chest or lings
  • Subjects who have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), asthma, tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • UMDNJ/University Hospital

    Newark, New Jersey, 07101

Other trials in United States

About this study

This research is being done to determine if there is a way the investigators can improve the techniques that they use to assist patients with their breathing during surgery. The majority of surgeries require patients to concurrently undergo general anesthesia. This usually includes a breathing tube and a machine that breathes for the patient during the duration of the surgery. The doctors would like to investigate the effects of this type of anesthesia to healthy adult patients and whether they can improve the way they give general anesthesia to patients. The investigators plan to ask approximately 200 patients to participate. If the patients decide to participate in the study,some additions will be made to the standard anesthetic care they receive. The patients will additionally be monitored for adequate oxygenation in their blood as well as level of inflammation in their blood and lungs. The patients' breathing tube will be bathed with warm normal saline and suctioned twice during the operation. When these procedures are done the patients will be asleep and not be aware of what is happening.

Read the detailed description

The ability to provide mechanical ventilation that will not injure and may protect normal lungs during major surgical procedures of long duration may improve postoperative outcomes and decrease morbidity and mortality. The aim of the current study was to identify ventilator strategies that are less damaging to normal lungs. The investigators plan to compare three ventilation strategies commonly utilized in the operating room in normal lungs. One group will be ventilated with high tidal volume (15 mL/kg PBW) and low PEEP (3 cm H2O), another group ventilated with low tidal volume (6 mL/kg PBW) and low PEEP (3 cm H2O) and the final group ventilated with low tidal volume (6 mL/kg PBW) and high PEEP (10 cm H2O). This study will show the effects of these commonly used methods of ventilation on pulmonary mechanics, systemic and pulmonary inflammatory markers and outcomes in patients with normal lungs undergoing surgery of long duration.

Being tested
Ventilator settings
Keywords
Intraoperative protective ventilation strategies
Medical subject headings
Respiratory Distress Syndrome

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Ventilator settingsOther

    Active Comparison of three different parameters of ventilator settings. Results of arterial blood gases and cytokine levels.

Study groups in NCT01003730
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1Active comparatorHigh tidal volume (15mL/kg PBW0 with low PEEP (3cm H2O
Receives: Other: Ventilator settings
2Active comparatorLow tidal volume (6mL/kg PBW) and high PEEP (3cm H2O)
Receives: Other: Ventilator settings
3Active comparatorlow tidal volume (6mL/kg PBW) and high PEEP (10cm H2O)
Receives: Other: Ventilator settings

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. cytokine levels in serum and bronchial aspirate

    Measured: during the operative procedure

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. arterial blood gases

    Measured: during the operative procedure

  2. subject post-operative outcome:mortality, pulmonary complications, major cardiac morbidity, LOS, readmission

    Measured: wothin 30 days of surgery

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted29 Oct 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2009
  3. Primary completionMar 2010
  4. Study completionMar 2010

Why it stopped: PI has left the UMDNJ but may resume the study in her new place of employment.

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
1 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01003730
Sponsor's protocol ID
0120080132
Status last verified
Apr 2015
First submitted
21 Oct 2009
Last updated
5 May 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Wrigge H, Zinserling J, Stuber F, von Spiegel T, Hering R, Wetegrove S, Hoeft A, Putensen C. Effects of mechanical ventilation on release of cytokines into systemic circulation in patients with normal pulmonary function. Anesthesiology. 2000 Dec;93(6):1413-7. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200012000-00012.

    PubMed 11149435
  • Wrigge H, Uhlig U, Baumgarten G, Menzenbach J, Zinserling J, Ernst M, Dromann D, Welz A, Uhlig S, Putensen C. Mechanical ventilation strategies and inflammatory responses to cardiac surgery: a prospective randomized clinical trial. Intensive Care Med. 2005 Oct;31(10):1379-87. doi: 10.1007/s00134-005-2767-1. Epub 2005 Aug 17.

    PubMed 16132888

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Ventilator settings in people with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, run by University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 May 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: PI has left the UMDNJ but may resume the study in her new place of employment.). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

cytokine levels in serum and bronchial aspirate (time frame: during the operative procedure). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01003730, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 May 2015.

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