Clinical Evaluation of Ventilador Innovation Product in Colombia in the SARS COVID 19 Pandemic, Unisabana Herons.

NCT ID: NCT04497623

Last Updated: 2020-09-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

5 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-07-28

Study Completion Date

2020-09-20

Brief Summary

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The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the Unisabana-Herons invasive mechanical ventilator designed to provide the basic ventilatory support necessary to preserve the life of patients with respiratory failure and indication of mechanical ventilation, especially for those who suffer from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) when conventional commercial invasive ventilators are not available in the context of the health emergency due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

The Unisabana-Herons ventilator allows to precisely configure the respiratory rate, tidal volume (or inspired air volume), inspiratory time, the inspiration: expiration ratio, the positive pressure at the end of expiration (PEEP), the inspired fraction of oxygen and inspiratory air flow, parameters that allow managing the respiratory failure associated with COVID-19. The ventilator also monitors peak inspiratory pressures (PIP), mean, PEEP, plateau, and graphs in real time the pressure-time, volume-time, flow-time curves, which allows detecting when one of these is at levels dangerous to induce ventilator trauma (barotrauma and volutrauma) and thus ensure effective and safe ventilation, so as to avoid ventilator-induced lung injury.

Detailed Description

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The Unisabana-Herons ventilator is an invasive mechanical ventilator that works on the same principles of invasive positive pressure mechanical ventilators that have existed for 80 years. Although the effectiveness of ventilatory assistance in saving human lives was known since biblical times, the first mechanical ventilators only appeared in 1800 and it was in 1900 when the first positive pressure ventilators were manufactured, which have a turning point in 1940 as a result of the polio epidemic, when invasive positive pressure mechanical ventilators were developed that could be used massively and have evolved to current models. These positive pressure fans completely replaced the first negative pressure models, have abundant support in the scientific literature, and are the most commonly used today.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in Colombia, the University of La Sabana, a multidisciplinary team in order to find solutions to deal with the disease, and its first project, consisted in the design and manufacture of an invasive mechanical ventilator (Ventilator Unisabana-Herons) able to supply the basic ventilatory needs of the patient with severe respiratory failure due to COVID-19 at the time when the installed capacity of classic commercial mechanical ventilators is exhausted. The Unisabana-Herons ventilator was built based on those recommended by INVIMA, the MHRA (UK Medicines and Devices Regulatory Agency) and the FDA, to provide efficient and safe volume controlled ventilation to patients with indications. of mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure according to the ventilatory modes already affected that have strong scientific evidence.

This study seeks to evaluate the effectiveness, usability and safety of the Unisabana-Herons ventilator for the management of patients with an indication for invasive mechanical ventilatory support, admitted to level III and IV university hospitals with Intensive Care services enabled through a cohort study of 5 patients with a 24-hour follow-up.

Conditions

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Covid19

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Enrolled patients receive mechanical ventilation using the Unisabana-Herons ventilator during 24 hours
Primary Study Purpose

DEVICE_FEASIBILITY

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention arm

Patients with indication for volume-controlled mechanical ventilation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Invasive mechanical ventilation using the Unisabana-Herons Ventilator during 24 hours

Intervention Type DEVICE

Recruited patients will receive volume-controlled mechanical ventilation (assist-control mode) using the Unisabana-Herons ventilator for 24 hours. Information on clinical, hemodynamic, and respiratory variables will be recorded from 30 minutes before the start of mechanical ventilation with the Unisabana-Herons ventilator. Recordings will be made in the first 4 hours every 15 minutes in the CFR, except for arterial blood gases which will be taken every 30 minutes. In the following 20 hours, arterial blood gas controls will be taken at hour 12 from the start of the ventilator and at hour 24. Other hemodynamic and respiratory variables will be recorded every hour from hour 4 of ventilator start until hour 24.

Interventions

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Invasive mechanical ventilation using the Unisabana-Herons Ventilator during 24 hours

Recruited patients will receive volume-controlled mechanical ventilation (assist-control mode) using the Unisabana-Herons ventilator for 24 hours. Information on clinical, hemodynamic, and respiratory variables will be recorded from 30 minutes before the start of mechanical ventilation with the Unisabana-Herons ventilator. Recordings will be made in the first 4 hours every 15 minutes in the CFR, except for arterial blood gases which will be taken every 30 minutes. In the following 20 hours, arterial blood gas controls will be taken at hour 12 from the start of the ventilator and at hour 24. Other hemodynamic and respiratory variables will be recorded every hour from hour 4 of ventilator start until hour 24.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients older than 18 years and younger than 70 years with indication of volume-controlled mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours.
* Patients with acute respiratory failure (PaO2 / FiO2 \<300) requiring volume-controlled mechanical ventilation. These patients may or may not have COVID-19 (at the current time of the epidemic, it is assumed that every patient with an indication for mechanical ventilation is a possible case of COVID-19).
* Postoperative patients who require ventilatory support and are expected to need it for more than 24 hours.
* Patients with traumatic brain injury and indication of mechanical ventilatory support with an expected duration greater than 24 hours
* Patients with acute intoxication and respiratory depression and indication of mechanical ventilatory support with an expected duration greater than 24 hours

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant women
* Patients with hypotension MAP \<65 mmHg
* Patients with PaO2 / FiO2 \<100
* Cerebral edema in cerebral protection and / or suspected endocranial hypertension
* SOFA \>9
* For those patients who are already receiving mechanical ventilation, the presence of one or more of the following criteria: PEEP\> 8 cmH2O, plateau pressure\> 30 cm H2O or FiO2\> 70%
* COVID-19 confirmed by RT-PCR.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidad de la Sabana

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fundación Cardioinfantil Instituto de Cardiología

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Clínica Universidad de La Sabana

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fundación Neumologica Colombiana

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Luis F Giraldo-Cadavid, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Fundación Neumológica Colombiana y Universidad de La Sabana

Fabio A Varon-Vega, MD, PhD(c)

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fundacion Neumologica Colombiana

Alirio R Bastidas, MD, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidad de la Sabana

Locations

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Fundacion Neumologica Colombiana

Bogotá, Bogota D.C., Colombia

Site Status

Clinica Universidad de la Sabana

Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Site Status

Universidad de la Sabana

Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Site Status

Countries

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Colombia

References

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Petrucci N, Iacovelli W. Lung protective ventilation strategy for the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jul 18;(3):CD003844. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003844.pub3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17636739 (View on PubMed)

ARDS Definition Task Force; Ranieri VM, Rubenfeld GD, Thompson BT, Ferguson ND, Caldwell E, Fan E, Camporota L, Slutsky AS. Acute respiratory distress syndrome: the Berlin Definition. JAMA. 2012 Jun 20;307(23):2526-33. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.5669.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22797452 (View on PubMed)

Bellani G, Laffey JG, Pham T, Fan E, Brochard L, Esteban A, Gattinoni L, van Haren F, Larsson A, McAuley DF, Ranieri M, Rubenfeld G, Thompson BT, Wrigge H, Slutsky AS, Pesenti A; LUNG SAFE Investigators; ESICM Trials Group. Epidemiology, Patterns of Care, and Mortality for Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Intensive Care Units in 50 Countries. JAMA. 2016 Feb 23;315(8):788-800. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.0291.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26903337 (View on PubMed)

Briel M, Meade M, Mercat A, Brower RG, Talmor D, Walter SD, Slutsky AS, Pullenayegum E, Zhou Q, Cook D, Brochard L, Richard JC, Lamontagne F, Bhatnagar N, Stewart TE, Guyatt G. Higher vs lower positive end-expiratory pressure in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2010 Mar 3;303(9):865-73. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.218.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20197533 (View on PubMed)

Meade MO, Cook DJ, Guyatt GH, Slutsky AS, Arabi YM, Cooper DJ, Davies AR, Hand LE, Zhou Q, Thabane L, Austin P, Lapinsky S, Baxter A, Russell J, Skrobik Y, Ronco JJ, Stewart TE; Lung Open Ventilation Study Investigators. Ventilation strategy using low tidal volumes, recruitment maneuvers, and high positive end-expiratory pressure for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2008 Feb 13;299(6):637-45. doi: 10.1001/jama.299.6.637.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18270352 (View on PubMed)

Giraldo-Cadavid LF, Echeverry J, Varon-Vega F, Bastidas A, Ramirez-Jaime A, Cardona AF, Lopez Vega CJ, Serrano-Mayorca CC, Garay D, Rincon DN, Oliveros H, Ramirez IA, Garcia-Gallo E, Enciso-Prieto VA, Ibanez-Prada ED, Camelo JC, Cucunubo L, Buitrago L, Paipa LA, Longas LC, Agudelo-Otalora LM, Porras Diaz NF, Rachid RR, Henao I RD, Pedraza S, Reyes LF. The development and implementation of a low-cost mechanical ventilator in a low-middle-income country during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Unisabana-HERONS. Heliyon. 2024 May 5;10(9):e30671. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30671. eCollection 2024 May 15.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38756610 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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202006-25502

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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