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Lung TransplantNCT04244734

Implementation of an Early Rehabilitation Program for the Patient With Lung Transplantation: From the ICU to Home.

A study testing New Treatment Protocol-MotoMED® in people with Lung Transplant and Rehabilitation, run by Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute at 1 site in Spain.

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 The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.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

Introduction: Following pulmonary transplantation (PT), peripheral and respiratory muscle weakness, and associated global malfunction are some of the limiting factors in rapid recovery. Effective early implantation pulmonary rehabilitation programs are currently lacking. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 70 years
Conditions the study is for
Lung Transplant, Rehabilitation
What is being tested?
New Treatment Protocol-MotoMED®
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
85 participants
Where
1 siteSpain
Study dates
23 May 2019to Aug 2021
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 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Unilateral or bilateral lung transplantation.
  • Age criteria (From 18 to 70 years old).
  • Start the rehabilitation program between the first 15 days after lung transplantation.

Who cannot join

  • Do not meet inclusion criteria.
  • Fulfill some criterion of absolute contraindication for the use of electrostimulation in the lower extremities (pacemaker, pregnancy or unstable fracture that requires absolute rest and immobilization.
  • Cognitive or psychiatric alteration that does not allow you to participate in the project.
  • Not wanting to participate in the study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Spain1 site
  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

    Barcelona, 08035

Other trials in Spain

About this study

Introduction: Following pulmonary transplantation (PT), peripheral and respiratory muscle weakness, and associated global malfunction are some of the limiting factors in rapid recovery. Effective early implantation pulmonary rehabilitation programs are currently lacking.

Objectives: To introduce an early rehabilitation program in the ICU after PT to see if there is an improvement in functionality, an increase in strength and muscle mass, an improvement in the strength of the respiratory muscles and a shorter hospitalization time in the ICU and in the ward.

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Methodology: A single-blind randomized clinical trial will be performed to divide patients with PT into one experimental group and another control group. Prior to the PT, those patients between the ages of 18 and 70 will be recruited, to be admitted to the ICU of Vall Hebron University Hospital, and who have been prescribed pulmonary rehabilitation with onset in the first 15 days after the surgery. The control group receives regular treatment in the ICU, which includes muscle strengthening exercises, passive/assisted or active mobilizations, and respiratory physiotherapy with breathing muscle strengthening in a medium load. The experimental group receives a new early rehabilitation program based on a patient's in-bed cycling that allows controlled and adapted training to the patient's situation, along with coordinated exercise with neuromuscular electrostimulation and respiratory physiotherapy with breathing muscle strengthening in a high load. Improvement will be observed through functional scales (6MWT), muscle dynamometry, manual muscle test (MRC-SumScore), bioimpedanciometry, inspiratory and maximal expiratory pressures, spirometry, frailty and sarcopenia tests and a long-term Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing.

Expected Outcomes: Patients who perform the experimental group are expected to have an early discharge from the ICU and a reduction of the total hospital admission. Is also expected that the experimental group will improve the functional capacity and muscular strength, and they will have a lower risk of fragility in long term. It is also expected that the patients in the experimental group will soon be able to normalize their oxygen consumption a year after lung transplantation.

Being tested
Usual care treatment, New Treatment Protocol-MotoMED®
Keywords
lung transplantation, rehabilitation, respiratory muscle training, early mobilisation, Neuromuscular electrostimulation, in-bed cycling

What participants receive

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

  • Usual care treatmentOther

    Also called usual care

    All evaluations are the same in both groups:

    Baseline evaluation

    ICU admission (If patient hemodynamically stable initiates physiotherapy treatment within the first 15 days after surgery).

    Treatment:A daily session from Monday to Friday of 40 minutes according to patient functional status: Passive or active-assisted or active mobilizations, muscle enhancement, respiratory physiotherapy and inspiratory muscle training at 40% of the PIM value.

    2nd evaluation when patient has a RASS -1/0 score: 3rd evaluation when ICU discharge.

    Treatment ward: A 60-minute daily session according to patient functional status in the gym (physiotherapy area in hospital): Cycloergometer, muscle enhancement, respiratory physiotherapy and inspiratory muscle training.

    4th evaluation when hospital discharge 5th evaluation (1 month after discharge) 6th evaluation (4 months after discharge) 7th evaluation (1 year after surgery)

  • New Treatment Protocol-MotoMED®Other

    Also called MotoMED + NEMS

    Baseline evaluation

    ICU admission (If patient hemodynamically stable initiates physiotherapy treatment within the first 15 days after surgery).

    Treatment: A daily session from Monday to Friday of 40 minutes (5 minutes of warm-up, 30 of training and 5 of cooling). Combined quadriceps / biceps femoris electrotherapy: at 200-350μs intensity. Respiratory physiotherapy with the objectives: Airway permeabilization and inspiratory muscle training at 60% of the PIM value.

    2nd evaluation when patient has a RASS -1/0 score: 3rd evaluation when ICU discharge.

    Treatment ward: A 60-minute daily session according to patient functional status in the gym (physiotherapy area in hospital): Cycloergometer, muscle enhancement, respiratory physiotherapy and inspiratory muscle training.

    4th evaluation when hospital discharge 5th evaluation (1 month after discharge) 6th evaluation (4 months after discharge) 7th evaluation (1 year after surgery)

Study groups in NCT04244734
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group 1Active comparatorThe control group receives regular treatment in the ICU, which includes muscle strengthening exercises, passive/assisted or active mobilizations, and respiratory physiotherapy with breathing muscle strengthening in a medium load (initially at 40% load from results in MIP).
Receives: Other: Usual care treatment
Group 2ExperimentalThe experimental group receives a new early rehabilitation program based on a patient's in-bed cycling that allows controlled and adapted training to the patient's situation, along with coordinated exercise with neuromuscular electrostimulation and respiratory physiotherapy with breathing muscle strengthening in a high load (initially at 60% load from results in MIP).
Receives: Other: New Treatment Protocol-MotoMED®

What is being measured

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

  1. Exercise Capacity

    Measured with 6MWT

    It will be measured in different moments:

    Baseline Hospital discharge After 1 month of discharge After 4 month of discharge

    1 year after the discharge

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  2. Muscle strength

    Measured with dynamometer

    It will be measured in different moments

    Baseline When patient awake in ICU (RASS -1/0) Hospital discharge After 1 month of discharge After 4 month of discharge

    1 year after the discharge

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  3. Muscle mass

    Measured with bioimpedanciometry

    It will be measured in different moments:

    Baseline Hospital discharge After 1 month of discharge After 4 month of discharge

    1 year after the discharge

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  4. Respiratory muscle strength

    Measured with MIP and MEP

    It will be measured in different moments

    Baseline When patient awake in ICU (RASS -1/0) Hospital discharge After 1 month of discharge After 4 month of discharge

    1 year after the discharge

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  5. Cough strength

    Measured with Peak Cough Flow

    It will be measured in different moments

    Baseline When patient awake in ICU (RASS -1/0) Hospital discharge After 1 month of discharge After 4 month of discharge

    1 year after the discharge

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Frailty

    Measured with the short physical performance battery test (SPPB test)

    SPPB (maximum 12 points)

    • 7 points or less: Frailty
    • 8 to 9 points: Pre-frailty
    • More than 10 points: Not frailty

    It will be measured in different moments:

    Baseline Hospital discharge After 1 month of discharge After 4 month of discharge

    1 year after the discharge

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  2. Muscle balance

    Measured with the Medical Research Council sum score test

    It will be measured in different moments

    Baseline When patient awake in ICU (RASS -1/0) Hospital discharge After 1 month of discharge After 4 month of discharge

    1 year after the discharge

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  3. Pulmonary Capacity

    Measured with a spirometer

    We will interpret the data obtained from forced spirometry to evaluate how our patient's pulmonary functions is developing after the surgery.

    Data collection:

    FEV1/FVC: It represents the proportion of a person's vital capacity that they are able to expire in the first second of forced expiration (FEV1) to the full, forced vital capacity (FVC).The result of this ratio is expressed as FEV1%.

    The normal value for the FEV1/FVC ratio is 70% (and 65% in persons older than age 65).

    It will be measured in different moments Baseline

    1 year after the discharge

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  4. Oxygen consumption

    Measured with the Cardiopulmonary effort test

    It will be measured in different moments

    After 1 month of discharge After 4 month of discharge

    1 year after the discharge

    Measured: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Jan 2020
  2. Study start23 May 2019
  3. Primary completionAug 2021 (estimated)
  4. Study completionAug 2021 (estimated)

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
Double blind
Who is masked
Care provider, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
85 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04244734
Sponsor's protocol ID
PR(AG)49-2019
Status last verified
Nov 2020
First submitted
17 Jan 2020
Last updated
24 Nov 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • du Bois RM, Weycker D, Albera C, Bradford WZ, Costabel U, Kartashov A, King TE Jr, Lancaster L, Noble PW, Sahn SA, Thomeer M, Valeyre D, Wells AU. Forced vital capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: test properties and minimal clinically important difference. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Dec 15;184(12):1382-9. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201105-0840OC. Epub 2011 Sep 22.

    PubMed 21940789
  • Roman A, Ussetti P, Sole A, Zurbano F, Borro JM, Vaquero JM, de Pablo A, Morales P, Blanco M, Bravo C, Cifrian J, de la Torre M, Gamez P, Laporta R, Monforte V, Mons R, Salvatierra A, Santos F, Sole J, Varela A; Sociedad Espanola de Neumologia y Cirugia Toracica. Guidelines for the selection of lung transplantation candidates. Arch Bronconeumol. 2011 Jun;47(6):303-9. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2011.03.007. Epub 2011 May 4. English, Spanish.

    PubMed 21536362
  • Coll E, Santos F, Ussetti P, Canela M, Borro JM, De La Torre M, Varela A, Zurbano F, Mons R, Morales P, Pastor J, Salvatierra A, de Pablo A, Gamez P, Moreno A, Sole J, Roman A. The Spanish Lung Transplant Registry: first report of results (2006-2010). Arch Bronconeumol. 2013 Feb;49(2):70-8. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2012.06.001. Epub 2012 Aug 28. English, Spanish.

    PubMed 22939738
  • Weill D, Benden C, Corris PA, Dark JH, Davis RD, Keshavjee S, Lederer DJ, Mulligan MJ, Patterson GA, Singer LG, Snell GI, Verleden GM, Zamora MR, Glanville AR. A consensus document for the selection of lung transplant candidates: 2014--an update from the Pulmonary Transplantation Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Jan;34(1):1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.06.014. Epub 2014 Jun 26.

    PubMed 25085497
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    PubMed 30174910
  • Shigemura N, Bhama J, Gries CJ, Kawamura T, Crespo M, Johnson B, Zaldonis D, Pilewski J, Toyoda Y, Bermudez C. Lung transplantation in patients with prior cardiothoracic surgical procedures. Am J Transplant. 2012 May;12(5):1249-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03946.x. Epub 2012 Feb 2.

    PubMed 22300103
  • Reynaud-Gaubert M, Mornex JF, Mal H, Treilhaud M, Dromer C, Quetant S, Leroy-Ladurie F, Guillemain R, Philit F, Dauriat G, Grenet D, Stern M. Lung transplantation for lymphangioleiomyomatosis: the French experience. Transplantation. 2008 Aug 27;86(4):515-20. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31817c15df.

    PubMed 18724219
  • Detterbeck FC, Egan TM, Mill MR. Lung transplantation after previous thoracic surgical procedures. Ann Thorac Surg. 1995 Jul;60(1):139-43.

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  • Curtis HJ, Bourke SJ, Dark JH, Corris PA. Lung transplantation outcome in cystic fibrosis patients with previous pneumothorax. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Jul;24(7):865-9. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.05.024.

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  • Raghu G, Collard HR, Egan JJ, Martinez FJ, Behr J, Brown KK, Colby TV, Cordier JF, Flaherty KR, Lasky JA, Lynch DA, Ryu JH, Swigris JJ, Wells AU, Ancochea J, Bouros D, Carvalho C, Costabel U, Ebina M, Hansell DM, Johkoh T, Kim DS, King TE Jr, Kondoh Y, Myers J, Muller NL, Nicholson AG, Richeldi L, Selman M, Dudden RF, Griss BS, Protzko SL, Schunemann HJ; ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Committee on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. An official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT statement: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and management. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Mar 15;183(6):788-824. doi: 10.1164/rccm.2009-040GL.

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  • du Bois RM, Weycker D, Albera C, Bradford WZ, Costabel U, Kartashov A, Lancaster L, Noble PW, Raghu G, Sahn SA, Szwarcberg J, Thomeer M, Valeyre D, King TE Jr. Ascertainment of individual risk of mortality for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Aug 15;184(4):459-66. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201011-1790OC.

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Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing New Treatment Protocol-MotoMED® in people with Lung Transplant and Rehabilitation, run by Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute 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 3 inclusion and 4 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 24 Nov 2020. 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?

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?

Exercise Capacity (time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT04244734, which also lists 22 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 24 Nov 2020.

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