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Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromePoCBLUEPlusNCT02403791

Point-of-Care Bedside Lung Ultrasound Examination Advanced Trial Protocol

A study testing Linear Ultrasonic Sounder and Bedside X-ray Machine in people with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, run by Nanjing Medical University.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the availability and diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care bedside lung ultrasound examination in management of mechanical ventilation in neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 1 day to 31 days
Conditions the study is for
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
What is being tested?
Linear Ultrasonic Sounder and Bedside X-ray Machine
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1,000 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Mar 2014to Mar 2015
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 1 day to 31 days
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • All infants who present to the ICU with respiratory symptoms suspicious for ARDS, according to Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Consensus Recommendations From the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference, which is proposed by The Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference Group.
  • In whom the treating Collaborative Review Groups of Poc-BLUE-Plus protocol believe would benefit from diagnostic imaging.

Who cannot join

  • Infants who arrive at the ICU with a previously performed chest radiography
  • Unstable infants with life-threatening injuries who require ongoing resuscitation

About this study

Official title: A Prospective, Multi-center, Open-label and Double-blind, Standard-controlled, Non-inferiority, Diagnostic Study of Lung Ultrasound for Management of Mechanical Ventilation in Neonatal Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the availability and diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care bedside lung ultrasound examination in management of mechanical ventilation in neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Read the detailed description

Neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a critical condition requiring dynamic evaluation and interventions. Point-of-care bedside lung ultrasound examination (PoC-BLUE) is a noninvasive, readily available imaging modality that can complement physical and clinical evaluation.

At any time, most neonates and infants with ARDS in medical intensive care units (ICUs) require mechanical ventilation, making it one of the most frequently used critical care technologies. However, difficulties with regard to the accurate diagnosis of ARDS before administration of mechanical ventilation, dynamic monitoring of treatment effects during administration of mechanical ventilation, and decision-making of timing in weaning from mechanical ventilation, are often encountered in the majority neonates and infants who require mechanical ventilation.

Hence, techniques that expedite and advance the knowledge of the administration of mechanical ventilation should have an important clinical significance in the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of ARDS.

Preliminary researches have suggested that BLUE has a high diagnostic accuracy in patients with acute respiratory failure, and has the potential to quantify the rate and degree of diaphragm thinning during mechanical ventilation, which may be useful to predict extubation success or failure during either spontaneous breathing (SB) or pressure support (PS) trials.

Unfortunately, few studies focus on the availability of PoC-BLUE in management of mechanical ventilation in neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome. Also, they call into question the possible association of the demographic and clinical confounders with the diagnostic accuracy of PoC-BLUE for diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis of ARDS in the whole process of mechanical ventilation.

Given that a considerable need for a timely and dynamic diagnosis of severe condition and therapy evaluation during mechanical ventilation has been triggered to integrate the currently available bulk of knowledge and information, the objective of this study is to investigate the availability and diagnostic accuracy of PoC-BLUE Plus protocol in management of mechanical ventilation in ARDS.

Being tested
Linear Ultrasonic Sounder, Bedside X-ray Machine
Keywords
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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.

  • Linear Ultrasonic SounderDevice

    Also called Bedside Ultrasonography System

    Lung ultrasound evaluation is performed after clinical assessment and before chest radiography

  • Bedside X-ray MachineDevice

    Also called Chest X-ray System

    Chest Radiography is performed after clinical evaluation without using ultrasound assessment.

Study groups in NCT02403791
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Lung UltrasoundExperimentalIn infants allocated to this arm Lung ultrasound for detection of ARDS will be performed before chest radiography.
Receives: Device: Linear Ultrasonic Sounder
Chest RadiographyActive comparatorIn infants allocated to this arm chest radiography will be performed for the detection of indirect signs of ARDS without ultrasound evaluation.
Receives: Device: Bedside X-ray Machine

What is being measured

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

  1. Accuracy of Lung Ultrasound in Neonatal ARDS

    Accuracy of lung ultrasound and chest radiography will be measured using as gold standard the independent evaluation of the entire medical records by two expert emergency physicians blinded to the lung ultrasound results and radiographic reports (digitalized chest radiography images will be available).

    Measured: Accuracy will be measured at the end of clinical evaluation in the ICU, an expected average of 4 days

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Accuracy of Lung Ultrasound in the Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

    Accuracy of lung ultrasound and chest radiography will be measured using as gold standard the independent evaluation of the entire medical records by two expert emergency physicians blinded to the lung ultrasound results and radiographic reports (digitalized chest radiography images will be available).

    Measured: Accuracy will be measured at the end of clinical evaluation in the ICU, an expected average of 4 days

  2. Accuracy of Lung Ultrasound in the Weaning of Ventilatory Support

    Accuracy of lung ultrasound and chest radiography will be measured using as gold standard the independent evaluation of the entire medical records by two expert emergency physicians blinded to the lung ultrasound results and radiographic reports (digitalized chest radiography images will be available).

    Measured: Accuracy will be measured at the end of clinical evaluation in the ICU, an expected average of 4 days

Timeline

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

  1. First posted31 Mar 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2014
  3. Primary completionMar 2015
  4. Study completionMar 2015

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
Diagnosis
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
1,000 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02403791
Sponsor's protocol ID
PoC-BLUE-Plus One
Acronym
PoCBLUEPlus
Status last verified
Mar 2015
First submitted
22 Mar 2015
Last updated
31 Mar 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference Group. Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome: consensus recommendations from the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 Jun;16(5):428-39. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000350.

    PubMed 25647235
  • Muscedere J, Dodek P, Keenan S, Fowler R, Cook D, Heyland D; VAP Guidelines Committee and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Comprehensive evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia: diagnosis and treatment. J Crit Care. 2008 Mar;23(1):138-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.12.008.

    PubMed 18359431
  • ARDS Definition Task Force; Ranieri VM, Rubenfeld GD, Thompson BT, Ferguson ND, Caldwell E, Fan E, Camporota L, Slutsky AS. Acute respiratory distress syndrome: the Berlin Definition. JAMA. 2012 Jun 20;307(23):2526-33. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.5669.

    PubMed 22797452
  • MacIntyre NR, Cook DJ, Ely EW Jr, Epstein SK, Fink JB, Heffner JE, Hess D, Hubmayer RD, Scheinhorn DJ; American College of Chest Physicians; American Association for Respiratory Care; American College of Critical Care Medicine. Evidence-based guidelines for weaning and discontinuing ventilatory support: a collective task force facilitated by the American College of Chest Physicians; the American Association for Respiratory Care; and the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Chest. 2001 Dec;120(6 Suppl):375S-95S. doi: 10.1378/chest.120.6_suppl.375s. No abstract available.

    PubMed 11742959

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Linear Ultrasonic Sounder and Bedside X-ray Machine in people with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, run by Nanjing Medical University.

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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 Mar 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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 is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Accuracy of Lung Ultrasound in Neonatal ARDS (time frame: Accuracy will be measured at the end of clinical evaluation in the ICU, an expected average of 4 days). 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 NCT02403791, which also lists 4 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 31 Mar 2015.

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