Status:

COMPLETED

Weaning And Variability Evaluation

Lead Sponsor:

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Conditions:

Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Extubation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Knowing when to liberate patients from mechanical ventilation (i.e. removal of breathing or endotracheal tube or extubation) is critically important, as both prolonged ventilation and failed extubatio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Invasive mechanical ventilation for \>48 hours,
  • patient is ready for SBTs for assessment for extubation,
  • has a normal sinus rhythm at time of SBT (no pacemaker),
  • is tolerating pressure support ventilation ≤14 cm H2O (SpO2 ≥ 90% with FiO2 ≤ 40% and PEEP ≤ 10 cm H2O),
  • hemodynamically stable (low or no vasopressors), stable neurological status (no deterioration in GCS during prior 24 hours \& ICP \< 20),
  • intact airway reflexes (cough \& gag).

Exclusion

  • Order not to re-intubate,
  • anticipated withdrawal of life support,
  • known or suspected severe weakness (myopathy, neuropathy or quadriplegia),
  • tracheostomy,
  • and prior extubation during ICU stay.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

660 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01237886

Start Date

November 1 2009

End Date

November 1 2012

Last Update

July 7 2017

Active Locations (14)

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The University of Michigan Medical Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-5048

2

Billings Clinic

Billings, Montana, United States, 59107

3

Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756

4

Columbia University

New York, New York, United States, 10032