Status:

COMPLETED

An InnovaTive Approach to Ventilator-Induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Antwerp

Conditions:

Ventilator-induced Diaphragm Dysfunction

VIDD

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

'Ventilator-Induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction (VIDD) was originally described by Vassilakopoulos and Petrof in 1998, where it is used to cover the effects of mechanical ventilation and respiratory mus...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The patient must suffer from respiratory insufficiency requiring mechanical ventilation

Exclusion

  • The patient has been hospitalized and mechanically ventilated (invasive or non- invasive) in the period up to 1 year before start of the study.
  • The patient is known or suspected to have an anatomical malformation of the diaphragm.
  • The patient suffers from a disease that may impair diaphragmatic function:
  • Central neural disease at the level of the brain (Multiple sclerosis, stroke, Arnold-Chiari malformation) and spinal cord (quadriplegia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, poliomyelitis, spinal muscular atrophy, syringomyelia).
  • Neural disease of the phrenic nerve (Guillain-Barré syndrome, tumor compression, neuralgic neuropathy, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease).
  • Disorders of the neuromuscular junction (Myasthenia gravis, Lambert- Eaton syndrome, botulism, organophosphate poisoning).
  • Muscular diseases (muscular dystrophies, myositis (infectious, inflammatory, metabolic).
  • The patient is known or suspected to have a psychiatric illness inhibiting his/her cooperation with the study protocol or possibly obscuring the obtained results.
  • The patient has been mechanically ventilated for over 24 hours before the first ultrasonographic measurement can be performed.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2013

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

56 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02299986

Start Date

April 1 2013

End Date

June 1 2015

Last Update

June 24 2015

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Antwerp University Hospital

Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium, 2650