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NCT number NCT04657393
Other study ID # VICA
Secondary ID
Status Terminated
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 1, 2019
Est. completion date November 30, 2021

Study information

Verified date November 2022
Source Medical University of Graz
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Over the last decades, research in cardiopulmonary resuscitation was primarily focused on uninterrupted chest compressions to restore sufficient circulation. Ventilation during ongoing chest compressions was regarded as potentially deleterious and thus not given any major scientific focus. Current guidelines advise that ventilation be monitored by end-tidal CO2 and emphasize that hyperventilation be avoided. Recent findings from arterial blood gas analyses showed high levels of arterial pCO2, resulting in a frequent occurrence of hypercapnic acidosis, which may be caused by iatrogenic hypoventilation. Ventilation during ongoing chest compressions can be hard to achieve, as nearly every breath may be terminated by simultaneous chest compressions. In case of bag ventilation the applied tidal volumes have not yet been measured und mechanical ventilators so far were not able to ventilate during chest compressions, because pressure limit settings induced termination of inspiration. The aim of this study is to provide patients with the best possible ventilation, even under ongoing chest compressions. Patients are ventilated with a new turbine-driven ventilator (Monnal T60, Air Liquide, France), which can deliver adequate tidal volumes within a very short inspiratory phase due to the inspiratory flow of > 200l/min. Thus, in deviation from the current recommendations, the ventilation rate can be doubled to 20/min, so that inspiration coincides with cardiac massage less often. The study compares effective ventilation volumes applied by two regimes, 10 breaths/min and 20/min.


Description:

Restoration of circulation is undoubtedly the basis of success in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Current guidelines on CPR require that hyperventilation be avoided during CPR. Blood gas analysis results from the "BABICA trial" demonstrate that more than 90% of patients have highly elevated levels of pCO2 and are acidotic, mainly due to hypercapnia. No hyperventilated or alkalotic patients were found during CPR. Furthermore, higher pO2 values were found to be associated with improved outcomes. Current recommendations to limit ventilation frequency to 10/min was also critically questioned in a recent study from Belgium, which did not show any positive effect of low respiration rate compared to higher ones, cut-off 10/min. There are currently no clinical trials addressing optimal tidal volumes or minute volumes during CPR. A major obstacle to continuous measurement of respiratory minute volumes during CPR are ongoing chest compressions. In a retrospective study in which respiratory volumes were derived from bioimpedance curves, better outcomes were found in the group of more frequent ventilations. Common machine ventilators display set values, while expiratory volumes are averaged and may be overlaid by volume shifts of cardiac massage. In a recent study, investigators analyzed flow curves, where each breath can be evaluated individually and volumes can be derived correctly using dedicated software. We were able to test this method on a comparative study of three ventilators study on anatomical cadavers. This study aims to detect whether a higher rate of ventilation using a turbine driven ventilator is able to provide higher breathing volumes during ongoing chest compressions in individuals suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Higher ventilation and oxygenation parameters as well as optimized acid-base-balance and increased rates of ROSC are expected. Patient care (chest compressions, venous access, endotracheal intubation, application of drugs, defibrillation if necessary) is conducted according to current recommendation for Advanced Life Support (ALS) as issued by the European Resuscitation Council (ERC). Ventilation is performed at one of two patterns: the control group is ventilated at 10 breaths per minute, the intervention group is ventilated at 20 breaths per minute. Patterns are alternating according to calendar week. After successful endotracheal intubation mechanical ventilation is carried out using a turbine-driven ventilator (Monnal T60, AirLiquide, France). Ventilator settings are pre-set: respiratory frequency is set at 10/min or 20/min (see above), other ventilator parameters remain identical: Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) 0 mmHg, FiO2 1,0, tidal volume 6ml/kg ideal body weight [men: 50+(0.91x(body length-152.4)), women: 45+(0.91y(body length-152.4))]. These calculations can be performed on the ventilator itself by entering patients' age, height and gender. Chest compressions are carried out without interruptions and without considerations regarding the respiratory cycle.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Terminated
Enrollment 46
Est. completion date November 30, 2021
Est. primary completion date October 31, 2021
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) - cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) efforts - endotracheal intubation Exclusion Criteria: - children and adolescents (age<18 years at inclusion) - pregnant women - previous documented lack of legal capacity - previous documented refusal to participate in trials

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
mechanical ventilation
change of ventilation frequency

Locations

Country Name City State
Austria Medical University of Graz Graz Styria

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Medical University of Graz

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Minute ventilation exspiratory ventilatory volume per minute during ongoing chest compressions
Primary adequacy of ventilation - pH Evaluation of ventilation success per using arterial blood gas analyses (pH) during ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Primary adequacy of ventilation - paCO2 Evaluation of ventilation success per using arterial blood gas analyses (paCO2) during ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Secondary ROSC Return of Spontaneous Circulation during prehospital resuscitation efforts
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