Epidemiologic Multicenter Study on Mechanical Ventilation Management in Children With Acute Lung Injury

NCT ID: NCT00521625

Last Updated: 2008-05-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-06-30

Study Completion Date

2007-11-30

Brief Summary

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PALIVE 1 is an observational multicenter study on mechanical ventilation strategies used in children with an acute lung injury (ALI). The objective of the study is to describe mechanical ventilation strategies in children with an ALI. Our hypothesis is that daily clinical practice is heterogenous among pediatric intensivists as few pediatric data exists on optimal mechanical ventilation strategies in this group of patients. Furthermore, different strategies may affect patient outcome.

Detailed Description

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INTRODUCTION Few pediatric data exists on the ventilation mode and parameters that would provide the greatest benefit with the least risk to an individual pediatric patient with Acute Lung Injury (ALI). Current expert opinion is that it is reasonable to follow adult recommendations and to adapt clinical management in children according to adult data. In the absence of consensus and established guidelines for mechanical ventilation in children with ALI, we believe that the daily clinical practice in pediatric intensive care units is subject to great variations according to the experience, comfort and knowledge of the attending intensivist.

METHODS Objective: Describe invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation in pediatric cases of ALI.

Hypothesis: There is an important variability in the observed practice pattern of mechanical ventilation in pediatric cases of ALI.

Design: An international cross-sectional epidemiologic study in Pediatric Intensive Care Units on the observed practice pattern of invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation in children with ALI.

Setting: Pediatric Intensive Care Units in Canada, United States, Europe.

Patients: Patients less than 18 years old on invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation with a diagnosis of ALI on the day of the study.

Measurements: Demographic data on included patients; their underlying chronic disease and acute disease leading to non-invasive mechanical ventilation or intubation and mechanical ventilation; data on mechanical ventilation mode and parameters, vital signs, lab results, radiographic findings, treatments, complications of mechanical ventilation will be recorded every 6 hours for 24 hours. A web based case report form will be developed.

Sample size: We plan to conduct the study on isolated days at least one month apart until we reach 200 patients with ALI, to include at least 10 patients on high frequency ventilation. We estimate that with 5 days of study in 70 centers we should reach this number.

FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS We believe this study will provide important data on the actual mechanical ventilation strategies in pediatric patients with ALI. The next step will be to conduct a prospective international study on mechanical ventilation strategies and to follow patients prospectively during the whole course of their mechanical ventilation.

Conditions

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Acute Lung Injury Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Child on invasive mechanical ventilation administered through an endotracheal tube or a tracheostomy tube, or on non-invasive mechanical ventilation administered through a nasal or facial mask or a nasal canula or helmet at 9 a.m. on the day of the study.
* Presence of ALI as estimated by the attending physician:

1. Onset of hypoxemia was acute
2. Bilateral infiltrates on chest X-Ray
3. No clinical evidence of congestive heart failure
4. Sustained hypoxemia defined as:

PaO2(mmHg)/FiO2 ratio ≤ 300 or PaO2(kPa)/FiO2 ≤ 40

If no arterial canula or no arterial blood gas:

SpO2/FiO2 ≤ 320 with SpO2 \< 0.98 (10)

Exclusion Criteria

* Post conceptional age \< 42 weeks
* Age \> 18 years
* Non-corrected cyanotic congenital heart disease or evidence of extra-pulmonary right to left shunt
* Withdrawal/withholding of care
* Brain death
* No consent, if required
* Patient on ECMO
* Already included in this study
Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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St. Justine's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Philippe Jouvet, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

St. Justine's Hospital

Locations

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Children's Hospital at Oakland

Oakland, California, United States

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The Children's Hospital

Denver, Colorado, United States

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Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Miami Children's Hospital

Miami, Florida, United States

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Children's Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Riley Hospital for Children

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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Kentucky Children's Hospital

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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UMAss Memorial Medical Center

Worchester, Massachusetts, United States

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Children's Mercy Hospital

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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Children's Hospital

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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Darmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

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New York Presbyterian Hospital

New York, New York, United States

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Penn State Children's Hospital

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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The Children's hospital Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Children's Hospital of Austin

Austin, Texas, United States

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Texas Childrens Hospital

Houston, Texas, United States

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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus

Feldkirch, , Austria

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Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, , Austria

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Paola Childrens Hospital

Antwerp, , Belgium

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Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc

Brussels, , Belgium

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Hôpital SteJustine

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Montreal Children' Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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Stollery Children's Hospital

Edmonton, , Canada

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McMaster Children's Hospital

Hamilton, , Canada

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Children's Hospital of Western Ontario

London, , Canada

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec

Québec, , Canada

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BC Children's Hospital

Vancouver, , Canada

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CHU Lille

Lille, , France

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CHU Nantes

Nantes, , France

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Hôpital Robert-Debré

Paris, , France

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Necker

Paris, , France

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CHU Pontchaillou

Rennes, , France

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University Clinic Frankfurt

Frankfurt, , Germany

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Universitätsklinikum Mannheim

Mannheim, , Germany

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Kinderzentrum im Klinikum Nürnberg

Nuremberg, , Germany

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Children's Hospital StAugustin

Sankt Augustin, , Germany

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University Children's Hospital

Tuebringen, , Germany

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Ospedali riuniti di Bergamo

Bergamo, , Italy

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Padua University Hospital

Padua, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliera di Verona

Verona, , Italy

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The Wilhelmina Children's Hospital

Utrecht, , Netherlands

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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu-Hospital Clinic

Barcelona, , Spain

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Cruces Hospital

Bilbao, , Spain

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General University Hospital Gregorio Marañón

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias

Oveido, , Spain

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Hospital universitario de Salamanca

Salamanca, , Spain

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Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela, , Spain

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Hospital Infantil La Fe

Valencia, , Spain

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The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital

Gothenburg, , Sweden

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Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital

Stockholm, , Sweden

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Children's Hospital

Geneva, , Switzerland

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Lausanne, , Switzerland

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Bristol Children's Hospital

Bristol, , United Kingdom

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Countries

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United States Austria Belgium Canada France Germany Italy Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

Related Links

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http://palive1.crc.chus.qc.ca/

Web site for the study's data collection

Other Identifiers

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PALIVE1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id