Status:

RECRUITING

Weaning Protocol for High-flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy in Intensive Care

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Tours

Conditions:

Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

High-flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-90 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

High-flow nasal oxygen therapy (HFNO) is an oxygenation technique frequently used in intensive care. The main objective of our study is to show that the use of a protocol for weaning patients off hig...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Major patient admitted to the intensive care unit or continuous care unit for de novo hypoxaemic acute respiratory failure (with a PaO2/FiO2 ratio \<300 mmHg)
  • Treated with HDNO for at least 24 hours in an intensive care unit or continuous care unit
  • Treated with HFNO with a flow rate ≥ 50L/min and inspired oxygen fraction (FiO2) ≥ 0.5, at inclusion
  • With a ROX index (SpO2/FiO2/Respiratory Rate) stable or improving in the 6 hours prior to inclusion and greater than 4.88 (the patient must not be in a worsening phase).
  • Had a blood gas test under HFNO within 24 hours of inclusion
  • Participant covered by or entitled to social security
  • Informed consent signed by the patient or its relatives if the patient is incapable; this consent must then be confirmed by the patient as soon as possible

Exclusion

  • Presence of a patient included in the study and not weaned off HFNO in the sector managed by the nurse of the patient assessed for eligibility
  • Concomitant non-invasive ventilation treatment
  • Use of HFNO within 7 days of extubation
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Gold grade 3 or 4)
  • Cardiogenic acute pulmonary oedema as the main cause of acute respiratory failure
  • Diffuse interstitial lung disease as a medical history
  • Patient with long-term non-invasive ventilation with external positive pressure
  • Patient on long-term oxygen therapy at home
  • Pregnant women, women in labour and breastfeeding mothers
  • Persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, persons hospitalised without consent and persons admitted to a health or social establishment for purposes other than research.
  • Minor
  • Adult subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curators, person under court protection)
  • Patient with a medical decision not to intubate
  • Patients already included in the study, neither for the same stay if they were to present the inclusion criteria again, nor for subsequent stays

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 17 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

370 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06104956

Start Date

February 17 2024

End Date

March 1 2027

Last Update

July 30 2025

Active Locations (11)

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Blois

Blois, France

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Intensive care unit, University Hospital, Bourg-en-Bresse

Bourg-en-Bresse, France

3

Intensive care, University Hospital, Bourges

Bourges, France

4

Intensive care unit, University Hospital, Caen

Caen, France