The Use of Ventriject to Assess V02Max in Patients Admitted to Hospital in the Emergency Surgery Setting
NCT ID: NCT06189131
Last Updated: 2025-03-19
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Basic Information
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SUSPENDED
NA
68 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-11-03
2025-11-11
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is an independent risk factor for mortality and morbidity for individuals undergoing surgery (Older et al, Wilson et al). Cardiorespiratory complications are the leading cause of death in non-cardiac surgery (Devereaux et al 2015, Gupta et al 2011). The insult of surgery can cause a 40% reduction in CRF for individuals with a hospital stay of up to 9 days and only half of patients regain their CRF after 6 months (Jensen et al 2011).
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is an exercise stress test used before planned surgery to aid risk stratification of individual patients. The CPET test involves a treadmill exercise or cycle ergometry to assess anaerobic threshold (AT) and the peak oxygen uptake (V02 peak) (Older et al 2017. CPET is a method of quantifying CRF. CPET testing is limited in certain patient populations, such as those with a physical disability or arthritis. It is time-consuming, taking approximately 40-60 minutes per assessment. A survey of patients' experiences of CPET testing was conducted by Boyd in 2016. Several aspects of CPET were described as a "serious problem" and these included dryness in mouth (11%), muscle soreness (10%), being uncomfortable (8-9%) and coughing (9%). Generally, patients requiring emergency surgery will be too unwell to preform CPET testing, but also the combination of access to facilities and the time constraints of emergency surgery make CPET testing in an emergency scenario inappropriate.
Currently there are several scoring tools used to assess a patient's risk of surgery in the emergency setting, which include PPOSSUM and NELA. These scoring tools aid in the risk stratification of mortality and morbidity to aid in the decision making for clinicians and patients. Patient characteristics integrated in these scoring tools include evidence of cardiorespiratory dysfunction assessed on ECG and clinical evidence, blood pressure, heart rate and blood test results. However, there currently is no established method of measuring CRF in the emergency setting.
Ventriject is a non-exercise method for estimating V02Max. V02Max is defined as the metabolic rate at which oxygen uptake plateaus despite further increases in work rate and this maximum end point is rarely reached during CPET examinations. V02Max has been shown to relate to post operative outcomes (Scholes et al 2009).
Ventriject uses seismocardiography (SCG) signals generated by the vibrations from a beating heart, picked up by a small accelerometer placed on the chest. SCG is an alternative method of assessing cardiac function (Sorensen et al). V02Max is estimated from the SCG signal and patient demographics including gender, age, height and weight, using machine learning. Ventriject has been tested against CEPT in over 400 healthy subjects and has been found to closely correlate with V02Max measurements (0.80, p\<0.001). This is the closest correlation to ergometer testing when compared to alternative methods.
It is estimated that each Ventriject assessment costs approximately £15 and takes a total of 120 seconds to complete. It requires no physical exercise and may be more acceptable in certain clinical situations and patient groups. Currently, Ventriject has been used in non-clinical settings and lacks evidence as to its usability in the clinical environment. Given the advantages of a cheap, rapid, and accessible method of measuring V02Max, Ventriject would be an appropriate method for measuring CRF in the emergency setting and may compliment the current risk stratification tools to aid in the clinical decision making around emergency surgery.
The aim of this study is to assess whether Ventriject V02Max can provide values in a clinical setting and whether this value correlates with clinical outcome in patients admitted to the emergency general surgery department in a single centre. We will also be assessing the acceptability of the device to patients and clinicians.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
BASIC_SCIENCE
NONE
Study Groups
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Group 1: Acutely admitted surgical patients with no planned surgery
This cohort of individuals will be those admitted to the EGS department with a surgical pathology but who have not undergone surgery during the admission and by the end of data collection (7 days) (e.g. pancreatitis, conservative management intra-abdominal pathology). The rationale behind recruiting this cohort of patients is to assess the admission V02Max and how unwell patients are during their admission by correlating this result to their NEWS score, blood results and any evidence of clinical deterioration. This cohort of patients will help us understand whether V02Max correlates with patient's clinical conditions and outcomes.
Ventriject
Ventriject is a non-exercise method for estimating V02Max
Group 2: Acutely admitted surgical patients who have undergone an emergency procedure
Pre and post-operative Ventriject V02Max values will be taken in this group of patients to assess whether pre-operative V02Max correlates with pre-operative PPOSSUM, NELA scores and post-operative outcomes. This group of participants will answer whether acute V02Max is reflective of operative outcomes and whether it correlates with current methods of risk stratification (PPOSSUM, NELA, ASA) and post-operative outcome scores (Clavien-Dindo classification). This group is important as it will help establish whether V02Max measurements in the acute setting for operative risk stratification is feasible.
Ventriject
Ventriject is a non-exercise method for estimating V02Max
Interventions
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Ventriject
Ventriject is a non-exercise method for estimating V02Max
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Admitted under the General Surgery team within the last 24- 48 hours
* Anticipated hospital stay of a minimum of 48 hours
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Melissa Bautista
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Locations
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds, , United Kingdom
Countries
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References
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Lucas DJ, Pawlik TM. Quality improvement in gastrointestinal surgical oncology with American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Surgery. 2014 Apr;155(4):593-601. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.12.001. Epub 2013 Dec 14.
Jensen MB, Houborg KB, Norager CB, Henriksen MG, Laurberg S. Postoperative changes in fatigue, physical function and body composition: an analysis of the amalgamated data from five randomized trials on patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Colorectal Dis. 2011 May;13(5):588-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02232.x.
Steffens D, Ismail H, Denehy L, Beckenkamp PR, Solomon M, Koh C, Bartyn J, Pillinger N. Preoperative Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Associated with Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Nov;28(12):7120-7146. doi: 10.1245/s10434-021-10251-3. Epub 2021 Jun 8.
Scholes RL, Browning L, Sztendur EM, Denehy L. Duration of anaesthesia, type of surgery, respiratory co-morbidity, predicted VO2max and smoking predict postoperative pulmonary complications after upper abdominal surgery: an observational study. Aust J Physiother. 2009;55(3):191-8. doi: 10.1016/s0004-9514(09)70081-9.
Wilson RJ, Davies S, Yates D, Redman J, Stone M. Impaired functional capacity is associated with all-cause mortality after major elective intra-abdominal surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2010 Sep;105(3):297-303. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeq128. Epub 2010 Jun 23.
Older P, Smith R, Courtney P, Hone R. Preoperative evaluation of cardiac failure and ischemia in elderly patients by cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Chest. 1993 Sep;104(3):701-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.104.3.701.
Sorensen K, Schmidt SE, Jensen AS, Sogaard P, Struijk JJ. Definition of Fiducial Points in the Normal Seismocardiogram. Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 18;8(1):15455. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33675-6.
Devereaux PJ, Sessler DI. Cardiac Complications in Patients Undergoing Major Noncardiac Surgery. N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 3;373(23):2258-69. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1502824. No abstract available.
Gupta H, Gupta PK, Fang X, Miller WJ, Cemaj S, Forse RA, Morrow LE. Development and validation of a risk calculator predicting postoperative respiratory failure. Chest. 2011 Nov;140(5):1207-1215. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-0466. Epub 2011 Jul 14.
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Other Identifiers
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GS23/155862
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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