HNFO With or Without Helmet NIV for Oxygenation Support in Acute Respiratory Failure Pilot RCT

NCT ID: NCT05078034

Last Updated: 2024-05-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-03-17

Study Completion Date

2025-02-01

Brief Summary

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This Randomized Control Trial will directly compare helmet non-invasive ventilation (NIV) combined with high flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) versus HFNO alone in patients with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure (AHRF).

Detailed Description

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This is a pilot multicentre, concealed, stratified, permuted block randomized controlled trial enrolling patients with AHRF who are admitted to the intensive care unit. Patients with imminent need for intubation, or a contraindication to study interventions will be excluded. Patients will be randomized to receive either (1) sessions of at least 12 hours per day of helmet NIV oxygen interspersed with HFNO or (2) HFNO alone over at least 2 calendar days. Participants will be followed to hospital discharge or 60 days, with an additional quality of life assessment via telephone interview 6 months after enrolment.

Conditions

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Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

1:1 randomized control trial
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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HFNO

High Flow Nasal Oxygen alone

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

High Flow Nasal Oxygen

Intervention Type DEVICE

HFNO will be provided. FiO2 will be titrated to achieve a target O2 saturation of 92-97%, and flows will be initiated at 50 litres/minute and titrated as per usual practice for comfort and oxygenation. Once the target O2 saturation is achieved, the FiO2 will be titrated to the minimal value to maintain this target saturation. HFNO will be provided continuously over a minimum of 2 calendar days. Starting on study day 3, patients will be weaned from HFNO as tolerated.

H-NIV

Helmet Non-Invasive ventilation for a minimum of 12 hours per day with HFNO between sessions

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Helmet Non-Invasive Ventilation (HNIV)

Intervention Type DEVICE

HNIV will be connected to a ventilator by a conventional closed respiratory circuit. Sessions of HNIV will be delivered with PEEP targeting a minimum 12 hours/day. PEEP will be titrated according to patient comfort, work of breathing, and O2 saturation. Pressure support will be titrated to lowest level tolerated. Between HNIV sessions, patients will be supported with HFNO at the same required FiO2. Starting on study day 3, patients will be screened for discontinuation of HNIV. Once HNIV is stopped, patients will be transitioned to HFNO and then weaned from HFNO as tolerated.

Interventions

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Helmet Non-Invasive Ventilation (HNIV)

HNIV will be connected to a ventilator by a conventional closed respiratory circuit. Sessions of HNIV will be delivered with PEEP targeting a minimum 12 hours/day. PEEP will be titrated according to patient comfort, work of breathing, and O2 saturation. Pressure support will be titrated to lowest level tolerated. Between HNIV sessions, patients will be supported with HFNO at the same required FiO2. Starting on study day 3, patients will be screened for discontinuation of HNIV. Once HNIV is stopped, patients will be transitioned to HFNO and then weaned from HFNO as tolerated.

Intervention Type DEVICE

High Flow Nasal Oxygen

HFNO will be provided. FiO2 will be titrated to achieve a target O2 saturation of 92-97%, and flows will be initiated at 50 litres/minute and titrated as per usual practice for comfort and oxygenation. Once the target O2 saturation is achieved, the FiO2 will be titrated to the minimal value to maintain this target saturation. HFNO will be provided continuously over a minimum of 2 calendar days. Starting on study day 3, patients will be weaned from HFNO as tolerated.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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HNIV HFNO

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Intensive care unit admission (orders written)
2. Age ≥18 years
3. Hypoxemic acute respiratory failure for at least 1 hour and still present at time of screening for eligibility (symptom onset during last 14 days) with the following:

1. Respiratory rate \>21bpm or clinical evidence of increased work of breathing and
2. Documented Hypoxemia defined as any one of:

i. PaO2:FiO2 \< 300 ii. If no arterial blood gas available, then SpO2:FiO2 \< 315 iii. Oxygen saturation \<98% on FiO2 \>= 0.4 or higher by Venturi mask, TAVISH mask 10 Litres / minute, or any non-invasive oxygenation strategy
4. Not already intubated or with tracheostomy

Exclusion Criteria

1. Already on HFNO or other non-invasive ventilation strategy at FiO2\>=0.4 for the last 24 hours in the ICU.
2. Immediate need for intubation (e.g., inadequate airway protection or refractory hypoxemia or cardiopulmonary arrest, massive hemoptysis, etc)
3. Extubated in the ICU within past 72 hours
4. Clinician deems that face mask NIV is indicated to treat a primary diagnosis of hypercapnic respiratory failure or acute congestive heart failure
5. Known neuromuscular disease
6. Patients being transitioned to Palliative care or unlikely to survive more than 24 hours
7. ICU discharge is planned or anticipated on the day of screening
8. Previously enrolled in this trial
9. Trauma patients who remain in a cervical spine collar at the time of recruitment or who have upper limb/torso fractures that would preclude them from safe application of the helmet
10. Clinician decision that positive pressure to face and/or nasal pharynx is a contraindication (eg. Transphenoidal surgery, basal skull fracture etc.)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Damon Scales, MD PhD FRCPC

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Niall Fergusson, MD FRCPC

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Health Network, Toronto

Locations

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University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Alberta Hospital

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Hamilton Health Sciences- Juravinski

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Kingston General Hospital

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

London Health Sciences Centre

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Ottawa Hospital

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

North York General Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Mount Sinai Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

University Health Network Toronto General

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Canada

Central Contacts

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Damon Scales, MD PhD FRCPC

Role: CONTACT

416-480-5291

Project Manager

Role: CONTACT

416-480-6100 ext. 87535

Facility Contacts

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Ken Parhar, MD

Role: primary

Sean Bagshaw, MD

Role: primary

Bram Rochwerg, MD

Role: primary

John Muscedere, MD

Role: primary

Marat Slessarev, MD

Role: primary

Andrew Seely, MD

Role: primary

Anna Geagea, MD

Role: primary

Damon Scales, MD

Role: primary

Laurent Brochard, MD

Role: primary

Laveena Munshi, MD

Role: primary

Lorenzo Del Sorbo, MD

Role: primary

References

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Angriman F, Ferreyro BL, Rochwerg B, Sklar M, Adhikari N, Bagshaw SM, Brochard L, Cuthbertson B, Del Sorbo L, Fowler R, Geagea A, Granton JT, Mehta S, Munshi L, Muscedere J, Nardi J, Parhar K, Pinto RL, Piquette D, Seely A, Slessarev M, Tobin S, Scales DC, Ferguson ND; HONOUR Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. High-flow nasal Oxygen with or without alternating helmet Non-invasive ventilation for Oxygenation sUpport in acute Respiratory failure (HONOUR): a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2025 Oct 27;15(10):e111526. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111526.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 41145249 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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HONOUR (3693)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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