Implementation of an Early Rehabilitation Program for the Patient With Lung Transplantation: From the ICU to Home.

NCT ID: NCT04244734

Last Updated: 2020-11-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

85 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-05-23

Study Completion Date

2021-08-31

Brief Summary

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Introduction: Following pulmonary transplantation (PT), peripheral and respiratory muscle weakness, and associated global malfunction are some of the limiting factors in rapid recovery. Effective early implantation pulmonary rehabilitation programs are currently lacking.

Objectives: To introduce an early rehabilitation program in the ICU after PT to see if there is an improvement in functionality, an increase in strength and muscle mass, an improvement in the strength of the respiratory muscles and a shorter hospitalization time in the ICU and in the ward.

Methodology: A single-blind randomized clinical trial will be performed to divide patients with PT into one experimental group and another control group. Prior to the PT, those patients between the ages of 18 and 70 will be recruited, to be admitted to the ICU of Vall Hebron University Hospital, and who have been prescribed pulmonary rehabilitation with onset in the first 15 days after the surgery. The control group receives regular treatment in the ICU, which includes muscle strengthening exercises, passive/assisted or active mobilizations, and respiratory physiotherapy with breathing muscle strengthening in a medium load. The experimental group receives a new early rehabilitation program based on a patient's in-bed cycling that allows controlled and adapted training to the patient's situation, along with coordinated exercise with neuromuscular electrostimulation and respiratory physiotherapy with breathing muscle strengthening in a high load. Improvement will be observed through functional scales (6MWT), muscle dynamometry, manual muscle test (MRC-SumScore), bioimpedanciometry, inspiratory and maximal expiratory pressures, spirometry, frailty and sarcopenia tests and a long-term Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing.

Expected Outcomes: Patients who perform the experimental group are expected to have an early discharge from the ICU and a reduction of the total hospital admission. Is also expected that the experimental group will improve the functional capacity and muscular strength, and they will have a lower risk of fragility in long term. It is also expected that the patients in the experimental group will soon be able to normalize their oxygen consumption a year after lung transplantation.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Lung Transplant Rehabilitation

Keywords

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lung transplantation rehabilitation respiratory muscle training early mobilisation Neuromuscular electrostimulation in-bed cycling

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Caregivers Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Group 1

The control group receives regular treatment in the ICU, which includes muscle strengthening exercises, passive/assisted or active mobilizations, and respiratory physiotherapy with breathing muscle strengthening in a medium load (initially at 40% load from results in MIP).

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual care treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

All evaluations are the same in both groups:

Baseline evaluation

ICU admission (If patient hemodynamically stable initiates physiotherapy treatment within the first 15 days after surgery).

Treatment:A daily session from Monday to Friday of 40 minutes according to patient functional status: Passive or active-assisted or active mobilizations, muscle enhancement, respiratory physiotherapy and inspiratory muscle training at 40% of the PIM value.

2nd evaluation when patient has a RASS -1/0 score: 3rd evaluation when ICU discharge.

Treatment ward: A 60-minute daily session according to patient functional status in the gym (physiotherapy area in hospital): Cycloergometer, muscle enhancement, respiratory physiotherapy and inspiratory muscle training.

4th evaluation when hospital discharge 5th evaluation (1 month after discharge) 6th evaluation (4 months after discharge) 7th evaluation (1 year after surgery)

Group 2

The experimental group receives a new early rehabilitation program based on a patient's in-bed cycling that allows controlled and adapted training to the patient's situation, along with coordinated exercise with neuromuscular electrostimulation and respiratory physiotherapy with breathing muscle strengthening in a high load (initially at 60% load from results in MIP).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

New Treatment Protocol-MotoMED®

Intervention Type OTHER

Baseline evaluation

ICU admission (If patient hemodynamically stable initiates physiotherapy treatment within the first 15 days after surgery).

Treatment: A daily session from Monday to Friday of 40 minutes (5 minutes of warm-up, 30 of training and 5 of cooling). Combined quadriceps / biceps femoris electrotherapy: at 200-350μs intensity. Respiratory physiotherapy with the objectives: Airway permeabilization and inspiratory muscle training at 60% of the PIM value.

2nd evaluation when patient has a RASS -1/0 score: 3rd evaluation when ICU discharge.

Treatment ward: A 60-minute daily session according to patient functional status in the gym (physiotherapy area in hospital): Cycloergometer, muscle enhancement, respiratory physiotherapy and inspiratory muscle training.

4th evaluation when hospital discharge 5th evaluation (1 month after discharge) 6th evaluation (4 months after discharge) 7th evaluation (1 year after surgery)

Interventions

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Usual care treatment

All evaluations are the same in both groups:

Baseline evaluation

ICU admission (If patient hemodynamically stable initiates physiotherapy treatment within the first 15 days after surgery).

Treatment:A daily session from Monday to Friday of 40 minutes according to patient functional status: Passive or active-assisted or active mobilizations, muscle enhancement, respiratory physiotherapy and inspiratory muscle training at 40% of the PIM value.

2nd evaluation when patient has a RASS -1/0 score: 3rd evaluation when ICU discharge.

Treatment ward: A 60-minute daily session according to patient functional status in the gym (physiotherapy area in hospital): Cycloergometer, muscle enhancement, respiratory physiotherapy and inspiratory muscle training.

4th evaluation when hospital discharge 5th evaluation (1 month after discharge) 6th evaluation (4 months after discharge) 7th evaluation (1 year after surgery)

Intervention Type OTHER

New Treatment Protocol-MotoMED®

Baseline evaluation

ICU admission (If patient hemodynamically stable initiates physiotherapy treatment within the first 15 days after surgery).

Treatment: A daily session from Monday to Friday of 40 minutes (5 minutes of warm-up, 30 of training and 5 of cooling). Combined quadriceps / biceps femoris electrotherapy: at 200-350μs intensity. Respiratory physiotherapy with the objectives: Airway permeabilization and inspiratory muscle training at 60% of the PIM value.

2nd evaluation when patient has a RASS -1/0 score: 3rd evaluation when ICU discharge.

Treatment ward: A 60-minute daily session according to patient functional status in the gym (physiotherapy area in hospital): Cycloergometer, muscle enhancement, respiratory physiotherapy and inspiratory muscle training.

4th evaluation when hospital discharge 5th evaluation (1 month after discharge) 6th evaluation (4 months after discharge) 7th evaluation (1 year after surgery)

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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usual care MotoMED + NEMS

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Unilateral or bilateral lung transplantation.
* Age criteria (From 18 to 70 years old).
* Start the rehabilitation program between the first 15 days after lung transplantation.

* Fulfill some criterion of absolute contraindication for the use of electrostimulation in the lower extremities (pacemaker, pregnancy or unstable fracture that requires absolute rest and immobilization.
* Cognitive or psychiatric alteration that does not allow you to participate in the project.
* Not wanting to participate in the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Department of Health, Generalitat de Catalunya

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bernat Planas Pascual, PT, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

Locations

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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

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Other Identifiers

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PR(AG)49-2019

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id