Muscle Weakness Clinical Trial
— Edi2PdiOfficial title:
Diaphragm Electromyography to Estimate Breathing Effort: a Physiological Study
Verified date | May 2020 |
Source | VU University Medical Center |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
Mechanical ventilation may be necessary to save the life of a patient due to an accident,
pneumonia or surgery. The ventilator then temporarily takes over the function of the
respiratory muscles. During treatment in the Intensive Care, the amount of support provided
by the ventilator is usually lowered gradually, until the point that the patient can breathe
unassisted once again. However, in a large fraction of patients (up to 40%) it takes days to
weeks before the patient is able to breathe unassisted, even after the initial disease has
been treated. This is called prolonged weaning.
A possible cause of prolonged weaning is weakness of the respiratory muscles. The diaphragm,
the largest respiratory muscle, can become weakened if it is used too little, much like all
other muscles in the body. Additionally, damage and weakness of the diaphragm can occur when
the diaphragm has to work excessively. Therefore, it is important that the diaphragm works
enough; not so little that it becomes weakened, but not too much either.
Measurements of pressure generated by the diaphragm are needed to determine the current level
of diaphragm activity in a patient on mechanical ventilation. However, these measurements are
rarely performed, because they are time-consuming and require placement of two additional
nasogastric catheters. This is a shame, as adequate loading of the diaphragm might prevent
development of weakness, leading to shorter duration of mechanical ventilation. Finding
alternative measurements of diaphragm effort might be a solution to this problem.
It has been hypothesized that the electrical activity of the diaphragm provides a reliable
indication of diaphragm effort. This study aims to determine whether there is a correlation
between pressure generation by the diaphragm and electrical activity of the diaphragm over a
wide range of respiratory activity, from low effort to extreme effort, in healthy volunteers.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 17 |
Est. completion date | April 30, 2019 |
Est. primary completion date | April 15, 2019 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Informed Consent - Age >18 years Exclusion Criteria: - History of cardiac and/or pulmonary disease or current medication use - History of pneumothorax - Contra-indications for nasogastric tube placement (recent epistaxis, severe coagulopathy, current upper airway pathology) - Contra-indication for magnetic stimulation (cardiac pacemakers or metal in cervical area) |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Netherlands | Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc | Amsterdam | Noord-Holland |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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VU University Medical Center |
Netherlands,
American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society. ATS/ERS Statement on respiratory muscle testing. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Aug 15;166(4):518-624. — View Citation
Sinderby CA, Beck JC, Lindström LH, Grassino AE. Enhancement of signal quality in esophageal recordings of diaphragm EMG. J Appl Physiol (1985). 1997 Apr;82(4):1370-7. — View Citation
Vivier E, Mekontso Dessap A, Dimassi S, Vargas F, Lyazidi A, Thille AW, Brochard L. Diaphragm ultrasonography to estimate the work of breathing during non-invasive ventilation. Intensive Care Med. 2012 May;38(5):796-803. doi: 10.1007/s00134-012-2547-7. Epub 2012 Apr 5. — View Citation
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | Accessory muscle recruitment | As an explorative end-point, the timepoint at which several accessory inspiratory muscles are recruited during incremental respiratory loading will be studied and reported (if technically possible) | Two hours. | |
Other | Diaphragm thickening fraction. | Using a linear probe positioned in the mid-axillary line the diaphragm will be visualized as per clinical protocol. Diaphragm thickness will be measured during inspiration and expiration and will be reported in mm. Thickening fraction will be obtained with the following formula: (Thickness during inspiration - thickness during expiration) / thickness during expiration * 100% as described in ref 2 (Vivier et al.). | Thickening fractions will be obtained at multiple levels of breathing effort in each subject for up to two hours | |
Primary | Electrical activity of the diaphragm | Diaphragm electromyography will be obtained with multiple electrode pairs situated on specialized esophageal catheters. The raw diaphragm electromyography will be filtered and integrated to obtain the compound mean action potential reported in microvolts (µV) as described in ref 1 (Sinderby et al.). | Electrical activity of the diaphragm will be assessed at multiple levels of breathing effort in each subject for two hours. | |
Primary | Transdiaphragmatic pressure | The pressure gradient over the diaphragm will be obtained by subtracting the esophageal pressure from the pressure in the stomach, measured with specialized catheters, and will be reported in centimeters of water (cmH2O) as described in ref 3, American Thoracic Society (ATS) statement on respiratory muscle testing. | Transdiaphragmatic pressure will be assessed at multiple levels of breathing effort in each subject for two hours. | |
Secondary | Work of breathing | Work of breathing will be obtained by integrating the pressure-volume loops of esophageal pressure and tidal volume, and will be reported in Joule per minute as described in ref 3, ATS statement on respiratory muscle testing.. | Work of breathing will be assessed at multiple levels of breathing effort in each subject for two hours. | |
Secondary | Pressure-time product of the diaphragm | Pressure-time product of the diaphragm will be obtained by dividing the time-integral of transdiaphragmatic pressure (described above) over time, and will be reported as cmH20*s per minute as described in ref 3, ATS statement on respiratory muscle testing.. | Pressure-time product of the diaphragm will be assessed at multiple levels of breathing effort in each subject for two hours. | |
Secondary | Pressure-time product of the respiratory muscles | Pressure-time product of the respiratory muscles will be obtained by dividing the time-integral of esophageal pressure over time, and will be reported as cmH20*s per minute as described in ref 3, ATS statement on respiratory muscle testing.. | Pressure-time product of the respiratory muscles will be assessed at multiple levels of breathing effort in each subject for two hours. | |
Secondary | Mechanical power | Mechanical power will be obtained by multiplying the work of breathing (described above) by the number of breaths per minute, and will be reported in Watt (joule/minute) as described in ref 3, ATS statement on respiratory muscle testing.. | Mechanical power will be assessed at multiple levels of breathing effort in each subject for two hours. |
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