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The METEOR Trial will compare four implementation strategies-traditional online education, protocol-directed care, interprofessional education, and a combination of protocol-directed care and interprofessional education-to test the hypotheses that interprofessional education is superior to traditional online education as an implementation strategy in the intensive care unit (ICU) and the benefits of interprofessional education are increased when interprofessional education is paired with a clinical protocol. Additionally, the trial will also test the hypothesis that preventive post-extubation NIV for high-risk patients and preventive post-extubation HFNC for low-risk patients are both superior to current clinical practice (i.e., conventional post-extubation oxygen therapy).


Clinical Trial Description

Nearly one million patients require invasive mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure in the United States each year. Most of these patients will recover to the point of extubation, yet even those who are extubated remain vulnerable to complications and poor outcomes. Multiple high-profile randomized controlled trials have shown that two preventive post-extubation respiratory therapies-noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and high-flow nasal cannula oxygen (HFNC)-can prevent recurrent respiratory failure, reintubation, and death in this population. Despite this evidence, however, these therapies remain severely underutilized, leading to preventable morbidity and mortality. To address this implementation gap, the investigators will conduct the Maximizing Extubation outcomes Through Educational and Organizational Research (METEOR) Trial, a cluster-randomized, stepped-wedge, type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of interprofessional education about preventive post-extubation NIV and HFNC with and without clinical protocols. The METEOR Trial was designed based on extensive preliminary studies, during which the investigators identified barriers to adoption of preventive post-extubation respiratory care and pilot tested interprofessional education as an implementation strategy in the ICU. These studies revealed that a major barrier to implementation is the lack of a shared understanding about the value of these therapies within the interprofessional ICU team; a theory-based interprofessional education intervention designed to create a shared understanding and support "transactive memory" among team members is both feasible and acceptable; and interprofessional education can be strengthened by linking it with a clinical protocol. During the METEOR Trial, the investigators will randomize ICUs to one of four implementation strategies: an active control, protocol-directed care, interprofessional education, or a combination of protocol-directed care and interprofessional education. In parallel, the investigators will randomize ICUs to one of two clinical strategies, one emphasizing either post- extubation NIV or HFNC based on patient risk vs. one emphasizing post-extubation HFNC for all patients. ;


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NCT number NCT05523479
Study type Interventional
Source University of Pittsburgh
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Status Enrolling by invitation
Phase N/A
Start date March 1, 2023
Completion date February 2026

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