Status:

COMPLETED

Strength Testing After Nitrate Delivery (STAND) in ICU Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Conditions:

Respiratory Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

56+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

It is well documented that intensive care unit (ICU) patients have lower levels of skeletal muscle strength compared to non-ICU patients upon hospital discharge, and this weakness affects the patient'...

Detailed Description

The proposed study is an investigator initiated, double blind, placebo controlled experimental study designed to evaluate the effect of chronic NO3- supplementation via beetroot juice ingestion on the...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age \> 55 years
  • Mechanically ventilated via an endotracheal tube or mask who have begun spontaneous breathing trials or extubated within the previous 24 hours
  • Lung Injury as defined by a PaO2 / FiO2 \< 300

Exclusion

  • Inability to walk without assistance prior to acute ICU illness (use of a cane or walkers not exclusions)
  • Cognitive impairment prior to acute ICU illness (non-verbal)
  • Acute stroke
  • Body mass index (BMI) \>50
  • Neuromuscular disease that could impair weaning (myasthenia gravis, ALS, Guillain-Barre)
  • Hip fracture, unstable cervical spine or pathological fracture
  • Mechanically Ventilated \> 80 hours
  • Current hospitalization or transferring hospital stay \> 7 days
  • DNR/DNI on admission
  • Cancer treatment within the last 6 months
  • Moribund
  • Participation in another research study
  • On nitroglycerine or nitrate preparations used with angina or phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors
  • Body mass less than 60 kg

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02293616

Start Date

June 1 2015

End Date

April 1 2017

Last Update

July 18 2018

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Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157