Status:
COMPLETED
Early Directed Physical Therapy in the Management of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit
Lead Sponsor:
University of Chicago
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Iowa
Conditions:
Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
To study all ICU patients with an independent baseline functional status, who experience a critical illness requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation, evaluating the role of protocol-directed, e...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria
- Patients intubated and mechanical ventilated for \< 72 hours
- Age \> 18 years
- Baseline independent functional status as assessed by a Barthel Index score \> 70 collected from a proxy reflecting baseline health 2 weeks prior to critical illness
- Exclusion Criteria
- Rapidly evolving neurological/neuromuscular disease
- Cardiac arrest
- Irreversible conditions with six month mortality estimated at \> 50%
- Elevated intracranial pressure
- Multiple absent limbs (precluding complete musculoskeletal examination)
- Enrollment in another trial
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
104 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00322010
Start Date
June 1 2005
End Date
October 1 2007
Last Update
March 18 2014
Active Locations (1)
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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637