Status:

TERMINATED

Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in Acute Lung Injury

Lead Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins University

Conditions:

Acute Lung Injury

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) to conventional mechanical ventilation (MV) in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) to determine if APRV can reduce ...

Detailed Description

Acute respiratory failure is common in patients with acute lung injury. MV re-establishes adequate gas exchange; it allows time for administration of antibiotics, for the host's immune system to fight...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Acute onset of:
  • Arterial Pressure of Oxygen (PaO2) / FiO2 ≤ 300
  • Bilateral infiltrates consistent with pulmonary edema on frontal chest radiograph. The infiltrates may be patchy, diffuse, homogeneous, or asymmetric
  • Requirement for positive pressure ventilation via endotracheal tube, and
  • No clinical evidence of left atrial hypertension.
  • Receiving conventional MV, or lung-protective ventilation (LPV), in the assist control (AC) mode with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) \> 5 cm H2O Criteria 1-3 must occur within a 24-hour period. "Acute onset" is defined as follows: the duration of the hypoxemia criterion (#1) and the chest radiograph criterion (#2) must be \< 7 days at the time of randomization.

Exclusion

  • FiO2 \> 70% or PaO2/FiO2 \< 125 or arterial pH \< 7.25
  • Greater than 6 days since all inclusion criteria are met
  • Anticipated to begin weaning from MV within 48 hours
  • Neuromuscular disease that prevents the ability to generate spontaneous tidal volumes.
  • Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) \< 15 within 1 week of intubation
  • Acute stroke (vascular occlusion or hemorrhage)
  • Current alcoholism or previous daily use of opioids or benzodiazepines before hospitalization
  • Acute meningitis or encephalitis
  • Pregnancy (negative pregnancy test required for women of child-bearing potential) or breast-feeding.
  • Severe chronic respiratory disease
  • Previous barotraumas during the current hospitalization
  • Clinical evidence of bronchoconstriction on bedside examination (i.e., wheezing).
  • Patient, surrogate, or physician not committed to full support
  • Severe chronic liver disease (Child-Pugh Score B or C)
  • International Normalized Ratio (INR) \> 2.0
  • Platelet level \< 50,000
  • Mean arterial pressure \< 65, or patient receiving intravenous vasopressors (any dose of epinephrine, norepinephrine, phenylephrine, or dopamine \> 5 mcg/kg/min)
  • Age \< 16 years old
  • Morbid obesity (greater than 1kg/cm body weight).
  • No consent/inability to obtain consent
  • Unwillingness of the clinical team to use conventional low tidal-volume protocol for MV.
  • Moribund patient not expected to survive 24 hours.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 15 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

2 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00750204

Start Date

July 1 2008

End Date

October 15 2008

Last Update

May 15 2017

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Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Intensive Care Unit

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205

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