Ultra Protective Ventilation During Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (UPV-ECMO)

Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury Clinical Trial

— UPV-ECMO  

Official title:

Effect of Ultraprotective Ventilation on the Lung Inflammatory Response in Patients With Acute Pulmonary Edema Treated With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Oxygenation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03041428
• Other study ID #: FINBA_CritLab_1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: March 2021
• Source: Fundación para la Investigación Biosanitaria del Principado de Asturias
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Mechanical ventilation, in spite of being a life-saving technique, can also induce lung injury (VILI) mediated by an inflammatory response, thus having a profound impact in the course of critically ill patients. Ventilatory strategies aimed to minimize this VILI have reduced mortality rates. Patients suffering cardiogenic pulmonary edema may need venoarterial extracorporeal oxygenation, at the same time they are being mechanically ventilated. The objective of this study is to analyze changes induced by the use of utraprotective ventilatory strategies in the inflammatory lung response of these patients and their impact on outcomes.

Description:

Mechanical ventilation is the cornerstone of the critically-ill patients support, providing better gas exchange conditions while respiratory muscles rest. Providing this life-support technique may be harmful on the lung tissue, last decades research efforts were focused on minimizing the ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). Knowledge regarding the mechanisms of this injury has led to changes in the clinical practice, consisting on the application of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and the use of low tidal volumes, giving rise to the strategy known as "protective ventilation". Moreover, the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) techniques contributes to maintaining an adequate gas exchange until lung damage resolution. A tidal volume in the range of 6 ml/Kg of ideal body weight, with a reasonable level of PEEP is the standard of care for patients with the ARDS. However, optimal levels of tidal volume and PEEP have not been completely established. On the other side, decreasing tidal volume below 6 ml/Kg faces its own problems. The role of the so-called "ultraprotective" approaches, in which extracorporeal support is required to reduce tidal volumes up to 3 ml/kg or less, although feasible, is currently under research. During venoarterial ECMO, blood is removed from the vessels and pumped through a circuit where is oxygenated and CO2 is removed; finally, the blood is returned to the arterial circulation. The development of new circuits and devices made this therapy become safer and more useful, improving outcomes so that its application has been widespread to many centers all over the world. One of the ECMO advantages is carbon dioxide removal, which allows reducing tidal volume below 6 ml/kg. Ultraprotective strategies with 3 ml/kg have demonstrated to be feasible, but the additional benefit of this strategy is to be demonstrated. Therefore, in this study, patients suffering cardiogenic pulmonary edema requiring ECMO and mechanical ventilation are submitted to an ultraprotective ventilator strategy. Lung inflammatory response is measured before and after the intervention, in order to evaluate its impact in this subset of patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Cardiogenic pulmonary edema supported by venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

• Invasive mechanical ventilatory support under sedation.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Immunosupresion.

• Hemodynamic instability refractory to mechanical support, conditioning an end-of-life approach and terminal situation.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
• Extracorporeal Circulation; Complications
• Lung Injury
• Pulmonary Edema
• Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury

Intervention

Device:
• Ultraprotective ventilation
Adjusting ventilator parameters for 3 ml/kg of tidal volume in order to achieve the ultra protective strategy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA)	Oviedo	Principado De Asturias

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Fundación para la Investigación Biosanitaria del Principado de Asturias

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (8)

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network, Brower RG, Matthay MA, Morris A, Schoenfeld D, Thompson BT, Wheeler A. Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4;342(18):1301-8. — View Citation

Bein T, Weber-Carstens S, Goldmann A, Müller T, Staudinger T, Brederlau J, Muellenbach R, Dembinski R, Graf BM, Wewalka M, Philipp A, Wernecke KD, Lubnow M, Slutsky AS. Lower tidal volume strategy (˜3 ml/kg) combined with extracorporeal CO2 removal versus 'conventional' protective ventilation (6 ml/kg) in severe ARDS: the prospective randomized Xtravent-study. Intensive Care Med. 2013 May;39(5):847-56. doi: 10.1007/s00134-012-2787-6. Epub 2013 Jan 10. — View Citation

Determann RM, Royakkers A, Wolthuis EK, Vlaar AP, Choi G, Paulus F, Hofstra JJ, de Graaff MJ, Korevaar JC, Schultz MJ. Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with conventional tidal volumes for patients without acute lung injury: a preventive randomized controlled trial. Crit Care. 2010;14(1):R1. doi: 10.1186/cc8230. Epub 2010 Jan 7. — View Citation

Fan E, Gattinoni L, Combes A, Schmidt M, Peek G, Brodie D, Muller T, Morelli A, Ranieri VM, Pesenti A, Brochard L, Hodgson C, Van Kiersbilck C, Roch A, Quintel M, Papazian L. Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure : A clinical review from an international group of experts. Intensive Care Med. 2016 May;42(5):712-724. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4314-7. Epub 2016 Mar 23. Review. — View Citation

Figueroa-Casas JB, Montoya R. Effect of Tidal Volume Size and Its Delivery Mode on Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Dec;13(12):2207-2214. — View Citation

Leligdowicz A, Fan E. Extracorporeal life support for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2015 Feb;21(1):13-9. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000170. Review. — View Citation

Schmidt M, Stewart C, Bailey M, Nieszkowska A, Kelly J, Murphy L, Pilcher D, Cooper DJ, Scheinkestel C, Pellegrino V, Forrest P, Combes A, Hodgson C. Mechanical ventilation management during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective international multicenter study. Crit Care Med. 2015 Mar;43(3):654-64. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000753. — View Citation

Terragni PP, Rosboch G, Tealdi A, Corno E, Menaldo E, Davini O, Gandini G, Herrmann P, Mascia L, Quintel M, Slutsky AS, Gattinoni L, Ranieri VM. Tidal hyperinflation during low tidal volume ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Jan 15;175(2):160-6. Epub 2006 Oct 12. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in lung inflammatory mediators levels	Bronchoalveolar lavage cytokines levels, measured in ng/ml	Baseline and 18 hours after the intervention