Grip Test in Ventilated ICU Patients

Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients Clinical Trial

— griptest92  

Official title:

The Role of the Grip Test in the Evaluation of Extubation Success in ICU Patients.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01305421
• Other study ID #: griptest92
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 25, 2011
• Last updated: February 25, 2011
• Start date: January 2011
• Est. completion date: April 2011

Study information

• Verified date: February 2011
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Belgium: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

ICU patients do experience extubation failure. Guidelines rarely include muscle strength criteria. Prior work indicates that grip strength is a reliable surrogate for muscle strength. The purpose of the study is to assess the success rate of mechanical ventilation weaning based on the grip test.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: April 2011
• Est. primary completion date: March 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• mechanically ventilated ICU patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• tracheotomy

Study Design

Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients

Intervention

Procedure:
• grip test
Muscle strength measurement by hand-held dynamometer

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	CHU Brugmann	Brussels

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Extubation success		48 hours without reintubation	No