Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

The Nociception Level (NOL) Index for Pain Assessment in the Adult Intensive Care Unit

Lead Sponsor:

McGill University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Jewish General Hospital

Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

Conditions:

Pain, Acute

Nociceptive Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Assessing pain in the adult intensive care unit (ICU) is challenging because many patients are unable to communicate due to mechanical ventilation and sedation. Therefore, it is necessary to have alte...

Detailed Description

Background: Assessing pain in adult intensive care units (ICU) is challenging because self-report is often non-feasible due to patients' critical care conditions, mechanical ventilation and/or sedatio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Admitted to the ICU for more than 24 hours
  • French or English speaking
  • Able to self-report or not
  • Negative on delirium screening and not treated for psychosis (patients able to self- report)

Exclusion

  • Lack an available finger to install the NOL's finger probe
  • Suffer severe peripheral vascular disease affecting the upper limbs
  • Serious and uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia
  • Are in a hypoperfusion state or shock for which they are receiving high doses of Norepinephrine (\>14 mcg/min) or equivalent vasopressors to maintain a SBP \>90mmHg or a MAP \>65mmHg
  • Are agitated (RASS scores from +1 to +4)
  • Diagnosed with cognitive deficits (e.g., Alzheimer)
  • Are positive for C. Difficile
  • Are pregnant

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

411 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05339737

Start Date

May 1 2022

End Date

March 31 2026

Last Update

April 21 2022

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