Status:

RECRUITING

Locomotor Muscle Oxygenation and Activation During Acute Interval Compared to Constant-load Bed-cycling Exercise

Lead Sponsor:

KU Leuven

Collaborating Sponsors:

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Conditions:

Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness

Critical Illness

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Up to 60% of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with a prolonged stay in the ICU develop complications such as intensive care unit acquired weakness (ICUAW) characterized by limb and r...

Detailed Description

Critical illness is related to high morbidity and mortality rates, and health-care costs. Up to 60% of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with a prolonged stay in the ICU develop compl...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Full cooperatively adult patients indicated by the Adequacy Score of standardized 5 questions (SQ5) = 5/5
  • Patients mechanically ventilated for longer than 48 hours during the same ICU admission
  • Patients are expected to remain in the ICU for more than an additional 48 hours starting from study enrollment
  • Patients able to perform active cycling for \> 10 consecutive minutes

Exclusion

  • Pre-existing functional limitations
  • Low limb injuries or conditions that would preclude in-bed cycling such as a body habitus unable to fit the bike
  • Extreme obesity (body mass index \>35 kg/m2)
  • Neurologically unstable
  • Acute surgery
  • Palliative goals of care
  • Temperature \> 40 °C
  • An anticipated fatal outcome
  • Evidence of coronary ischaemia, for example, chest pain or electrocardiogram changes
  • Resting heart rate \<40 or \>120 beats per minute
  • Mean arterial pressure \<60 or \>120 mmHg
  • Peripheral capillary oxygen saturation \< 90%
  • Wounds, trauma or surgery of leg precluding cycle ergometry
  • Wounds, trauma or surgery of pelvis precluding cycle ergometry
  • Wounds, trauma or surgery of lumbar spine precluding cycle ergometry
  • Coagulation disorder (international normalised ratio \> 1.8, or platelets \< 50,000 mcL)
  • Intracranial pressure \>20 mm Hg
  • Femoral access other than femoral central line
  • Acute deep vein thrombosis
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • \>20 mcg/min of noradrenaline
  • inotropic or vasopressor support comparable to a dose of noradrenaline \>20mcg/min
  • Fraction of inspired oxygen \> 55%
  • Arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) \<65 torr (\<8.66 kPa)
  • Positive end-expiratory pressure \> 10 cmH2O
  • Respiratory rate \> 30 breaths per minutes with adequate ventilatory support
  • Minute ventilation \>150 mL/kg body weight

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05279547

Start Date

February 1 2023

End Date

December 1 2026

Last Update

June 6 2024

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University Hospital Leuven

Leuven, Belgium, 3000