Study to Determine if Using Ventilation During Open Heart Surgery Improves Lung Outcomes

Coronary Artery Disease Clinical Trial

— PEEP  

Official title:

Effect of Continuous Mechanical Ventilation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass on The Lung Mechanics: A Prospective Evaluation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01522222
• Other study ID #: PEEP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2010
• Est. completion date: September 29, 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2018
• Source: Aurora BayCare Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To demonstrate that using continuous mechanical lung ventilatory support in combination with Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)during open heart surgery will improve lung function and decrease lung complications after surgery.

Description:

This is a prospective, randomized, blinded study with a control group. The study group will receive mechanical ventilatory support during CBB, which consists of a preset/predetermined tidal volume, respiratory rate, positive pressure at the end of expiration and FIO2. The control group will receive CPB without additional mechanical ventilatory support during surgery, which at present is the standard of care.

The difference between the study and the control group will occur during the time the heart is arrested and the lungs, under present standard of care, are no longer ventilated. It is at this point in time that those in the study group will continue to receive ventilation, intermittent positive pressure ventilation, while their heart is arrested. The subjects will have their lungs ventilated six times per minute with a tidal volume equal to 7-10 milliliters per kilogram. This range, when combined with a consistent PEEP of 5cm of water pressure, will allow for the peak inspiratory pressure to be maintained at or below 40cm of water pressure. In addition, the FIO2 will remain consistent at the same level that was needed to maintain the pulse oximetry at 94% as well as the end-tidal CO2 at 35mmHg. The values mentioned for this study have been chosen based on not only investigator preference, but also on what is considered "minimally necessary" to prevent atelectasis. Multiple studies have been done utilizing PEEP at 5 and 10 cm of water pressure. With the exception of the potential for mechanical ventilation during the CBP, the care of the subject, regardless of the group randomized into, will be the same. We will in all other aspects continue to utilize the current standard of care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: September 29, 2015
• Est. primary completion date: September 29, 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• any patient of any gender, any age with known coronary artery disease that will undergo elective Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and will require CPB as part of his/her operative technique.

Exclusion Criteria:

• documented ejection fraction (either by echocardiogram or by cardiac catheterization) equal to or below 20%

• patients with cardiac valvular disease

• patients with a spirometry measurement that demonstrates an FEV1/FVC ratio below 60%

• patients with chronic renal failure who require dialysis or

• those who have experienced an allergic reaction to anesthesia in the past

• patients with a history of lung infiltrate on chest X-ray prior to surgery or a history of asthma

• Women who are pregnant are excluded

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Coronary Artery Disease
• Coronary Disease
• Heart Failure
• Myocardial Ischemia

Intervention

Procedure:
• continuous, mechanical ventilatory support
Those in the treatment group will receive ventilation, intermittent positive pressure ventilation, while their heart is arrested. The subjects will have their lungs ventilated six times per minute with a tidal volume equal to 7-10 milliliters per kilogram. This range, when combined with a consistent PEEP of 5cm of water pressure, will allow for the peak inspiratory pressure to be maintained at or below 40cm of water pressure. In addition, the FIO2 will remain consistent at the same level that was needed to maintain the pulse oximetry at 94% as well as the end-tidal CO2 at 35mmHg.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Aurora BayCare Medical Center	Green Bay	Wisconsin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aurora BayCare Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Post-surgical lung function, compliance, tissue oxygenation, and radiographic changes indicative of atelectasis.	Determination if ventilation during surgery improves post-surgical lung function, compliance, tissue oxygenation, and radiographic changes indicative of atelectasis.	During in-patient stay