Clinical trials: Low Tidal Volume Ventilation
Mechanically Ventilated Patients, Normal Lungs
High Tidal Volume Induces Inflammation In Normal Lungs
Objective: To compare the effects of a protective versus a conventional ventilatory strategy, on systemic and in lung production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in patients without lung…
- Trial name
- Normallung (NCT00935896)
- Testing
- Low tidal volume
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Trial of an Alternate Mode of Providing Artificial Breaths to Children With Very Severe Pneumonia
This study attempts to study a new ventilation mode in children with Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Despite decades of research, no intervention has brought about a significant decrease in ARDS mortality.
- Trial name
- APRiCE (NCT02167698)
- Testing
- Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV), Low-tidal volume ventilation, Methylprednisolone
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh