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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02185989
Other study ID # CHRO 2014-001
Secondary ID ID RCB : 2014-A0
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received July 4, 2014
Last updated April 12, 2017
Start date July 15, 2014
Est. completion date November 24, 2016

Study information

Verified date April 2017
Source Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Early mobilization (from the first day if possible), first passive and then passive and active, is recommended for critically ill patients in whom it reduces the duration of mechanical ventilation, the length of hospital stay, improves functional status, muscle strength and quality of life after hospital discharge. The early addition of leg bicycling on a cyclo-ergometer is now part of common practice in the ICU. It can preserve or improve muscle strength and further increase the beneficial effects of early mobilization. Electrical muscle stimulation of the quadriceps, is practiced in some intensive care units, and it should, in theory, also through an improvement of muscle strength, increase the beneficial effects of early mobilization.

We hypothesized that early quadriceps electrical stimulation and early work on a cyclo-ergometer associated with a standard protocol of early passive/active mobilization in the ICU may improve muscle function and reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, the number of readmissions and improve the quality of life in the mid term in critically ill patients, as compared to a conventional protocol of early passive/active mobilization.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 314
Est. completion date November 24, 2016
Est. primary completion date November 24, 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- age over 18 yrs

- expected length of stay in the ICU higher than 72 hours

- motor autonomy sufficient for independent ambulation (ass assessed by patient/family/familial practitioner interview

Exclusion Criteria:

- Opposition expressed by the patient, his/her legal representative or a member of his/her family

- Pregnant woman

- Resuscitated cardiac arrest before inclusion

- Patient carrying a pacemaker or an implantable defibrillator

- Patient under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

- Severe acute cerebral disease requiring deep sedation

- Brain death

- Guillain-Barré syndrome

- Myasthenia gravis

- Known Dementia than can affect the main endpoint assessment

- Deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism treated for less than 48 hours, or floating clot in femoral, iliac of inferior vena cava veins

- Unstable traumatic injuries of the spine

- Severe skin disease or surgical reasons that either prevent performing electrostimulation or bicycling in the next 2 days, or prevent patient's verticalization or transfer to chair in the next 5 days

- Amputation of a lower limb at the trans-metatarsal level or higher

- Inclusion in another interventional study with muscle strength assessment as the primary endpoint

- Moribund patient

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Early electrical stimulation and early leg bicycling added to early standard rehabilitation


Locations

Country Name City State
France Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans Orléans

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Global muscle strength assessed by the MRC (Medical research Council, 1978) score Global muscle strength assessed by the MRC (Medical research Council, 1978) score on the day of ICU discharge (+/- 1 day) in all enrolled patients discharged alive from the ICU. This evaluation will be conducted by a physiotherapist blinded to the randomization group on the day of ICU discharge (+/- 1 day)
Secondary Changes in thickness of the rectus femoris muscle of each thigh Changes in thickness of the rectus femoris muscle of each thigh, as measured by ultrasound imaging, between inclusion and ICU discharge (+ / - 1 day). from inclusion to ICU discharge (+ / - 1 day)
Secondary Frequency of delirium in the ICU. Delirium is defined by the CAM-ICU scale (Ely CCM 2001 Ely JAMA 2001). During ICU stay
Secondary Quality of life Quality of life 6 months after ICU discharge assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire 6 months after ICU discharge