The Emergency Department Sedation Pilot Trial — ED SED Pilot  

Respiratory Failure Clinical Trial

Official title: The ED-SED Pilot: a Multicenter, Before-After Study to Improve Sedation in the Emergency Department

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The ED-SED Pilot is a multicenter, prospective, before-and-after study conducted on 344 mechanically ventilated emergency department patients at three academic medical centers: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO), Cooper Hospital of Rowan University (Camden, NJ), and University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (Iowa City, IA). The overall goal is to assess the feasibility of implementing targeted sedation (in terms of sedation depth) for mechanically ventilated ED patients in order to reduce the incidence of unnecessary deep sedation and improve clinical outcomes.

Clinical Trial Description

The ED-SED Pilot is a multicenter, prospective, before-and-after study conducted on 344 mechanically ventilated ED patients at three academic medical centers. Patients in the before phase of the study will receive usual care after the initiation of mechanical ventilation. After 172 patients have been enrolled in the before phase, the investigators will begin educational initiatives to implement ED-based sedation protocols and order sets. The research team will educate providers on the importance of sedation protocols on patient outcome so that the existing protocols begin to be used effectively in the ED. This educational initiative will allow targeted sedation to be effectively used in the ED as well, allowing the intervention to be tested under real-world conditions. Participants in the after phase will also receive standard post-intubation care at the discretion of the treating team, though it will be after the educational initiative aimed at improving post-intubation sedation.

In order to more effectively use sedation in the ED, the investigators will collect voluntary and anonymous surveys from ED nurses and physicians to assess the potential facilitators and barriers to adherence to guideline-recommended sedation. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Mechanical Ventilation
• Respiratory Failure
• Respiratory Insufficiency

• NCT number: NCT04410783
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Washington University School of Medicine
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 14, 2020
• Completion date: May 28, 2022