Esophageal Balloon Guided Weaning of the Morbidly Obese Patient

NCT ID: NCT02323009

Last Updated: 2014-12-23

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-01-31

Study Completion Date

2013-11-30

Brief Summary

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This is a study to evaluate whether PEEP adjusted by use of an esophageal balloon to overcome negative transpulmonary pressure; or adjusted by use of "CStat" to achieve the best effective static compliance will have any effect on outcomes with respect to ventilator weaning in tracheotomized morbidly obese patients (BMI \>=40) with at least one failed prior weaning attempt.

Detailed Description

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Tracheotomized morbidly obese patients (BMI \>= 40) who had failed an initial attempt at ventilator weaning (defined in the investigators study as ventilator dependent) were randomly assigned to one of two methods for setting Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP).

Patients randomized to the esophageal balloon arm (ESO group) had their PEEP adjusted to overcome negative transpulmonary pressure and maintain a positive transpulmonary pressure (Ptp) of 0 to 10 cm H20 - targeting as close to zero as possible.

Patients randomized to the static effective compliance arm (CStat group) had their PEEP adjusted to achieve the best static effective compliance as automatically calculated and displayed on the graphic interphase of the hamilton G5 or Galileo ventilator. For this group, the PEEP was adjusted in increments of 3 cm H20 until there was a less than 5% observed improvement in the static effective compliance. the PEEP with the best Cstat was chosen.

At the end of the intervention period, this intervention cohort (termed "PEEP intervention cohort") will be compared to a group of historical controls to compare the efficiency of a PEEP-based weaning protocol to traditional weaning methods.

The investigators hypothesized that PEEP levels titrated by use of an esophageal balloon to maintain a positive transpulmonary pressure between 0 to 10 cm H20, would lead to improved outcomes with respect to ventilator weaning in this subset of patients.

Conditions

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Morbid Obesity

Keywords

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Transpulmonary pressure Esophageal balloon Esophageal pressure monitoring device Cstat Static effective compliance Ventilator weaning Morbidly Obese Ventilator Dependent Tracheotomized Patients

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Esophageal balloon Arm

Patients in this arm were randomly assigned to have their PEEP adjusted to maintain a positive transpulmonary pressure (0 to 10 cm H20).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Esophageal Balloon

Intervention Type DEVICE

Esophageal balloon was used to measure esophageal pressure (Paux) which was used as an estimate of pleural pressure. Transpulmonary pressure (Ptp) was calculated as the difference between airway pressure (Pao) and Paux. Applied PEEP was then adjusted to overcome negative Ptp which we maintained between 0 to 10 cm H20. All measurements were made at end-expiration.

Cstat Arm

Patients in this arm had their PEEP adjusted to achieve the best static effective compliance (CStat).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cstat

Intervention Type OTHER

PEEP was adjusted to achieve the best CStat in this group of patients

Historic Controls

These were historic controls with similar patient characteristics weaned by traditional methods in the 2-year period prior to the start of the study.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Esophageal Balloon

Esophageal balloon was used to measure esophageal pressure (Paux) which was used as an estimate of pleural pressure. Transpulmonary pressure (Ptp) was calculated as the difference between airway pressure (Pao) and Paux. Applied PEEP was then adjusted to overcome negative Ptp which we maintained between 0 to 10 cm H20. All measurements were made at end-expiration.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Cstat

PEEP was adjusted to achieve the best CStat in this group of patients

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Morbidly obese patients with BMI of 40 or greater
* Ventilator dependent patients (defined as at least one prior failure at weaning)
* Tracheotomized
* No active underlying lung disease that would preclude ventilator weaning
* Stable hemodynamics
* Patient/ family able to give consent
* No naso-facial abnormalities that would interfere with placement of an esophageal balloon
* Fio2 \<= 60%
* Patient able to tolerate Pressure Support ventilation

Exclusion Criteria

* Lack of consent
* Patient deemed not weanable from mechanical ventilation as per the clinical judgement of the pulmonary physician
* Significant lung, heart or neuromuscular disease that would interfere with or preclude ventilator weaning, including an active ongoing lung infection.
* Contraindications to placement of an esophageal pressure monitoring device - such as ulcerations, tumors, diverticulitis, uncontrolled bleeding varices, sinusitis, epistaxis or recent nasopharyngeal surgery
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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East Carolina University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ogugua N Obi, MD, MPH

Robert Shaw, MD (Principal Investigator)

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert Shaw, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

East Carolina University

Locations

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Vidant Medical Center

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Talmor D, Sarge T, O'Donnell CR, Ritz R, Malhotra A, Lisbon A, Loring SH. Esophageal and transpulmonary pressures in acute respiratory failure. Crit Care Med. 2006 May;34(5):1389-94. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000215515.49001.A2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Talmor D, Sarge T, Malhotra A, O'Donnell CR, Ritz R, Lisbon A, Novack V, Loring SH. Mechanical ventilation guided by esophageal pressure in acute lung injury. N Engl J Med. 2008 Nov 13;359(20):2095-104. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0708638. Epub 2008 Nov 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Talmor DS, Fessler HE. Are esophageal pressure measurements important in clinical decision-making in mechanically ventilated patients? Respir Care. 2010 Feb;55(2):162-72; discussion 172-4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Loring SH, Pecchiari M, Della Valle P, Monaco A, Gentile G, D'Angelo E. Maintaining end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure prevents worsening of ventilator-induced lung injury caused by chest wall constriction in surfactant-depleted rats. Crit Care Med. 2010 Dec;38(12):2358-64. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181fa02b8.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Loring SH, O'Donnell CR, Behazin N, Malhotra A, Sarge T, Ritz R, Novack V, Talmor D. Esophageal pressures in acute lung injury: do they represent artifact or useful information about transpulmonary pressure, chest wall mechanics, and lung stress? J Appl Physiol (1985). 2010 Mar;108(3):515-22. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00835.2009. Epub 2009 Dec 17.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Owens RL, Campana LM, Hess L, Eckert DJ, Loring SH, Malhotra A. Sitting and supine esophageal pressures in overweight and obese subjects. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Dec;20(12):2354-60. doi: 10.1038/oby.2012.120. Epub 2012 May 4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Washko GR, O'Donnell CR, Loring SH. Volume-related and volume-independent effects of posture on esophageal and transpulmonary pressures in healthy subjects. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2006 Mar;100(3):753-8. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00697.2005. Epub 2005 Nov 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Slutsky AS, Ranieri VM. Ventilator-induced lung injury. N Engl J Med. 2013 Nov 28;369(22):2126-36. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1208707. No abstract available.

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Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30245572 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Protocol 10-0343

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id