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Acute Lung InjuryALIENNCT01131598

Acute Lung Injury in Children: Epidemiology and Natural History. PEDIATRIC ALIEN.

An observational study of Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, run by Hospital de Cruces at 1 site in Spain.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

The investigators propose to perform a one-year prospective audit of all Acute lung injury (ALI)and cute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) pediatric patients managed in several ICUs in Spain. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 1 month to 15 years
How many people
1 participants
Where
1 siteSpain
Study dates
Jan 2010to Jan 2011
Phase
Observational
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 1 month to 15 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Study population: All patients, age ranging from 1 month to 18 years old, meeting the American European Consensus (AECC) definition of ALI and ARDS will be included regardless of etiology of respiratory failure.

Who may be able to join

  • All patients, age ranging from 1 month to 15 years old
  • Must be able to meet the American European Consensus definition of ALI and ARDS(no indication of heart failure or a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of greater than 18 mmHg, with pulmonary infiltrates in all four quadrants and a PaO2/FIO2 of > 200 to <300 mmHg (ALI) or ? 200 mmHg (ARDS).

Who cannot join

  • Younger than 1 month or older than 15 years old
  • Cardiac disease

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Amelia Martinez de Azagra, pediatrician contact

0034915035929

amartinez.hnjs@salud.madrid.org

Spain1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Cruces Hospital

    Barakaldo, Vizcaya, 48903

    Yolanda M Lopez, Pediatrician, 0034946006000 ext. 6312, yolandamarg.lopezfernandez@osakidetza.net

    Amelia Martinez de Azagra, Pediatrician, 0034915035929, amartinez.hnjs@salud.madrid.org

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Acute Lung Injury in Spanish Children

The investigators propose to perform a one-year prospective audit of all Acute lung injury (ALI)and cute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) pediatric patients managed in several ICUs in Spain. The investigators intend to collect data from all children (from 1 month to 18 years of age) admitted with or developing ALI/ARDS with the aim to understand the epidemiology and natural history of acute lung injury in the pediatric setting. These ICUs are scattered through the Spain and are representative of the demographic differences across the country.

Read the detailed description

Acute lung injury (ALI) is a clinical syndrome of rapid onset of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema manifested clinically by hypoxemia (PaO2/FiO2≤300 mmHg) and bilateral pulmonary infiltrates. When the hypoxemia is severe (PaO2/FiO2≤200 mmHg) it is termed the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It represents a significant public health issue. Patients with ALI or ARDS require admission into critical care units for advanced life support and utilize considerable health care resources.

An immense plethora of translational knowledge has been acquired since the first description of ARDS in 1967. At the present, estimates of the incidence of ARDS and ALI in children are unknown. In adults, the estimates of ALI/ARDS incidence have varied widely, and the true magnitude of this health problem still remains unclear. Current estimates of the incidence of adult ALI/ARDS range from 15 to 80 cases per 100.000 population, or almost 40.000 cases per year in Spain. Combined mortality rates for adult ALI/ARDS range between 30-45% but it is not clear whether this figures can be translated in the pediatric population. ALI and ARDS occur as a complication or as the primary cause of critical illness in patients, usually after severe infection or trauma.

Published epidemiological studies on ALI and ARDS in the last 20 years are difficult to compare. Some reports have used different definitions for ALI and ARDS and others have evaluated the incidence during a short period of time (from days to several weeks) and then extrapolated their data to estimates of a one-year incidence. Very few studies have collected information for an entire year, and none of them have evaluated the degree of hypoxemia under standard ventilatory settings, as it has been proposed recently by the HELP Network (Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007; 176:795-804).

Keywords
ALI, SDRA
Medical subject headings
Acute Lung Injury, Respiratory Distress Syndrome

What is being measured

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

  1. 1. Incidence of Pediatric ALI, ARDS and non-ALI/ARDS in Spain based on the AECC and HELP criteria.

    Measured: One year

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Risk factors and causes of ALI/ARDS

    1. Risk factors and causes of ALI/ARDS
    2. Mortality rates of combined ALI/ARDS, established ARDS, and non-ALI/ARDS acute respiratory failure.
    3. Identification of causes of death in ALI and ARDS.
    4. Prognostic factors associated with survival and/or fatal outcome.
    5. Identification of tertiles of clinical data associated with the highest or lowest mortality.
    6. Development of a scoring system for ALI and ARDS prognosis.
    7. Identification of patterns of extrapulmonary organ failure

    Measured: One year

Timeline

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

  1. First posted27 May 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2010
  3. Primary completionJun 2010 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJan 2011 (estimated)

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More details

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

Study design
Study type
Observational
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
1 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01131598
Sponsor's protocol ID
Acute lung injury in children
Acronym
ALIEN
Status last verified
Jan 2010
First submitted
26 May 2010
Last updated
28 May 2010
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, run by Hospital de Cruces at 1 site in Spain.

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 2 inclusion and 2 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 May 2010. 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 Spain. 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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact Yolanda M Lopez, pediatrician (0034946006000 ext. 6312, yolandamarg.lopezfernandez@osakidetza.net), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

1. Incidence of Pediatric ALI, ARDS and non-ALI/ARDS in Spain based on the AECC and HELP criteria. (time frame: One year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 28 May 2010.

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