High Flow Ventilation With Volume Guarantee

NCT ID: NCT02571231

Last Updated: 2015-10-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

15 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-11-30

Study Completion Date

2016-07-31

Brief Summary

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The trial is a pilot study performed in the NICU's at Oslo University Hospital and Haukeland University Hospital preparing a multi-center randomized, controlled unblinded cross-over study, comparing high frequency ventilation (HFV) with and without volume guarantee (VG).

Detailed Description

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HFV is a way to deliver mechanical breathing support to patients with respiratory failure applied in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU's). In some NICU's, this mode of ventilation is applied when conventional ventilation fails, whereas in other units HFV is used as the primary ventilation mode.

HFV is a ventilator mode where high frequency pressure changes, typically 6-12 per second (6 - 12 Hertz (Hz)), is used to exchange air between the lungs (alveoli) and the ventilator tubing.

Concerns have been raised regarding fluctuating PCO2 values in babies receiving HFV. It is believed that stable normocapnia (normal PCO2 values) as opposed to hyper- and hypocapnia is associated to better short and long-term outcomes.

In conventional ventilator modes, CO2 diffusion is a function of the product from volume per breath (Vt) and the frequency (f) of breathing (Vt\*f = minute volume (MV)). In HFV the CO2 diffusion is a function of a product from the small tidal volumes generated (Vthf) squared, and the oscillation frequency (Hz) delivered by the ventilator (vthf2 \* F=DCO2). The small tidal volumes are being adjusted by altering the pressure range (amplitude) and the frequency by which pressure changes is generated. One challenge in using HFV has been unwanted fluctuations in PCO2 values, which has been shown to be associated with clinical important complications, in particular cerebral hemorrhages. In order to avoid substantial fluctuation in PCO2 a meticulous adjustment of the amplitude is required.

Modern neonatal ventilators now offer the ability to automatically adjust the amplitude of the high frequency breaths to obtain a stable high frequency tidal volume. The ventilator measures the Vthf and increase or decrease the power of each breath to obtain the set Vthf. This mode is called high frequency ventilation with volume guarantee (HFV+VG).

Automatically adjustment of the amplitude is a novel option in high frequency ventlators and has not been studied in randomized trials.

This study will investigate compare HFV with and without VG. Patients treated with HFV will be randomized to conventional HFV or HFV+VG. After 24 hours the mode will be changed to HFV+VG for those starting on HFV and to HFV for those starting on HFV+VG for 24 hours. After the trial period of 24 x 2 hours - the HFV mode will be at the clinician's preference.

To compare the efficiency of both modes of HFV, measured PCO2 values, oxygen need and variables from the ventilator will be sampled. These variables describe the effort from the ventilator (frequency, amplitude) as well as variables associated with gas exchange in the lungs (Vthf, DCO2).

Conditions

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Rds Pulmonary Hypertension Meconium Aspiration Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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HFV+vg

volume guarantee given

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

HFV + and - VG

Intervention Type DEVICE

High frequency ventilation with and without volume guarantuee

HFV-VG

Volume guarantee not given

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

HFV + and - VG

Intervention Type DEVICE

High frequency ventilation with and without volume guarantuee

Interventions

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HFV + and - VG

High frequency ventilation with and without volume guarantuee

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* all neonates in need of high frequency ventilator

Exclusion Criteria

* neonates expected to need high frequency ventilator less than 48 hours because of planned surgery etc
Maximum Eligible Age

3 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Haukeland University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Oslo University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bjorn e Ogland, md dr philos

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Oslo University Hospital

Central Contacts

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Bjorn e Ogland, md, Dr Philos

Role: CONTACT

+47 94979001

Other Identifiers

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OsloUH_bogland

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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