Status:

RECRUITING

ARDS in Children and ECMO Initiation Strategies Impact on Neurodevelopment (ASCEND)

Lead Sponsor:

University of Michigan

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Conditions:

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Eligibility:

All Genders

14-20 years

Brief Summary

ASCEND researchers are partnering with families of children who receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) after a sudden failure of breathing named pediatric acute respiratory distress syndro...

Detailed Description

Decades after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was first used to support children with severe pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS), pediatric intensivists lack both prospect...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Time between intubation and ECMO cannulation is less than 240 hours (10 days)
  • ECMO support type is respiratory (VV or VA cannulation)
  • Chest radiograph with bilateral lung disease
  • Moderate or severe pediatric ARDS as measured by oxygenation index or oxygen saturation index after intubation and prior to ECMO cannulation:
  • One OI ≥ 16 or Two OIs ≥ 12 and ≤ 16 at least four hours apart or Two OSIs ≥ 10 at least four hours apart or One OI ≥ 12 and ≤ 16 and One OSI ≥ 10 at least four hours apart

Exclusion

  • Previously enrolled in PROSpect
  • Perinatal related lung disease
  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia or congenital/acquired diaphragm paralysis
  • Respiratory failure caused by cardiac failure or fluid overload
  • Cyanotic congenital heart disease
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Primary pulmonary hypertension (PAH)
  • Unilateral lung disease
  • Intubated for status asthmaticus
  • Obstructive airway disease
  • Bronchiolitis obliterans
  • Post hematopoietic stem cell transplant
  • Post lung transplant
  • Home ventilator dependent
  • Neuromuscular respiratory failure
  • Head trauma: (managed with hyperventilation)
  • Intracranial bleeding
  • Unstable spine, femur or pelvic fractures
  • Acute abdominal process/open abdomen
  • Family/medical team have decided to not provide full support
  • Enrolled in interventional clinical trial: not approved for co-enrollment; does not include cancer protocols.
  • Known pregnancy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 4 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 30 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

550 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05388708

Start Date

February 4 2021

End Date

September 30 2027

Last Update

December 24 2025

Active Locations (99)

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Children's of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233

2

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85016

3

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202

4

Loma Linda University Children's Hospital

Loma Linda, California, United States, 92354