Status:

RECRUITING

Careful Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19)

Lead Sponsor:

Unity Health Toronto

Collaborating Sponsors:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

University of Toronto

Conditions:

ARDS

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial with an adaptive design assessing the efficacy of setting the ventilator based on measurements of respiratory mechanics (recruitability and e...

Detailed Description

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a major public health problem affecting approximately 10% of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and 23% of all patients on a breathing machine (mec...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age ≥ 18 y
  2. Moderate or severe ARDS (PaO2/FiO2 ≤ 200 mmHg) within 48 h of meeting Berlin ARDS criteria (Patients who were eligible at the time of screening and whose PaO2/FiO2 became > 200 mm Hg under prone positioning when starting the protocol remained eligible)

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Received continuous mechanical ventilation > 7 days
  2. Known or clinically suspected elevated intracranial pressure (>18mmHg) necessitating strict control of PaCO2
  3. Known pregnancy
  4. Broncho-pleural fistula
  5. Severe liver disease (Child-Pugh Score ≥ 10)
  6. BMI >40kg/m2
  7. Anticipating withdrawal of life support and/or shift to palliation as the goal of care
  8. Patient is receiving ECMO at time of randomization

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 23 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

740 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03963622

Start Date

November 23 2020

End Date

September 1 2026

Last Update

January 16 2026

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New York University Grossman School of Medicine

New York, New York, United States, 10016

2

Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Dr Norberto Quirno (CEMIC)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

3

Complejo Médico Policía Federal Argentina Churruca Visca

Buenos Aires, Argentina

4

Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Argentina