Status:

COMPLETED

Diaphragmatic Function in Ventilated Patients

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Montpellier

Conditions:

Critically Ill

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Brief Summary

Animal studies showed that controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV) can induce dysfunction of the diaphragm, resulting in an early-onset and progressive decrease in diaphragmatic force-generating capac...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Invasive mechanical ventilation (tracheally intubated or tracheotomized) less than 48h.·
  • Duration of mechanical ventilation for at least 72h.·
  • Subject itself or its next of kin has given written informed consent

Exclusion

  • Patient is less than 18 years or more than 85 years of age·
  • The attending physician refuses to allow enrollment·
  • The patient refuses informed consent
  • Next of kin is unavailable or refuses informed consent·
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding female.
  • A pregnancy test will be performed in all female patients less than 60 years of age.·
  • Any contraindication to use cervical magnetic stimulation (mechanical cardiac assist device …).·
  • Presence or suspicion of prior diaphragm injury or chronic disease·
  • Presence or suspicion of a central nervous system (CNS) disorder, including (but not limited to): CNS infarction, bleeding, tumor, or infection

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2008

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

55 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00786526

Start Date

March 1 2008

End Date

July 1 2010

Last Update

October 30 2013

Active Locations (2)

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1

Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (DAR B)

Saint-Eloi University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 34295

2

Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation

Groupe Hospitalier La Pitié-Salpêtrière-Paris, Paris, France, 75013