Awake Prone Positioning of Patients Suffering Community Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Nasal High Flow Therapy

NCT ID: NCT06966310

Last Updated: 2025-05-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1078 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-05-19

Study Completion Date

2034-04-30

Brief Summary

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Community acquired pneumonia, in particular when requiring oxygen therapy because of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and meeting acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) criteria frequently leads to tracheal intubation and poor outcome.

Among invasively mechanically ventilated patients with ARDS and presenting a PaO2/FiO2 ratio (arterial partial pressure of oxygen to inspired fraction of oxygen) of less than 150 mmHg, the prone position significantly reduces mortality and represents standard care (Guérin 2013). Among non-intubated COVID-19 patients, a subtype of viral community acquired pneumonia, a recent study showed that awake prone positioning reduces the composite outcome of intubation or death among patients requiring nasal high flow therapy. Furthermore, it favored weaning of nasal high flow therapy.

Prone position in patients with non-COVID ARDS treated with high nasal flow was evaluated in 20 patients with predominantly viral pneumonia (Ding 2020) and was associated with improved oxygenation.

We hypothesize that prone positioning of patients suffering non-COVID community acquired pneumonia and undergoing nasal high flow therapy can significantly improve outcome by reducing the need for intubation and associated therapies such as sedation and muscle relaxation.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Community-acquired Pneumonia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Prone position group

patients will be invited and assisted to prone as long as possible every day. The goal is to achieve at least 8h in the prone position per 24h period, with 3-6 prone sessions.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Prone position

Intervention Type OTHER

depending on tolerance, the objective is to spend as much time as possible, up to 16h and beyond, in prone position per period of 24 hours. For each session the patients will be encouraged to stay as long as possible in the prone position (i.e. ideally 4-8 hours each session).

Control group

Usual care including nasal high flow therapy adapted for a SpO2 of 92-95%. No prone positioning.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Prone position

depending on tolerance, the objective is to spend as much time as possible, up to 16h and beyond, in prone position per period of 24 hours. For each session the patients will be encouraged to stay as long as possible in the prone position (i.e. ideally 4-8 hours each session).

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult patients admitted to an intensive care unit or intermediate care unit
* Suspicion of community acquired pneumonia (at least one of the 3 criteria): fever, cough, purulent expectoration
* And abnormalities suggestive of pneumonia by chest X-ray or CT-scan
* PaO2/FiO2 ratio \<300 mmHg (or equivalent SpO2/FiO2 i.e. \< 315 mmHg) under a minimum gas flow of 30 L/min.
* Person affiliated to a French social security system or equivalent
* Informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* Positive SARS-COV2 test within the last 30 days
* Indication for immediate intubation
* Patients for whom a "do not intubate" decision has been made
* Chest trauma or other contraindication to prone position
* Patients with formal indication for non-invasive ventilation: exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema.
* Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
* Subjects who are under legal protection measure
* More than 8h awake prone positioning prior to inclusion
* More than 48h since intensive care unit or intermediate care unit admission.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Tours

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Stephan EHRMANN

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University Hospital, Tours

Locations

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Amiens

Amiens, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Angers

Angers, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Argenteuil

Argenteuil, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Belfort

Belfort, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Besancon

Besançon, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Bethune

Béthune, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Blois

Blois, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Bordeaux

Bordeaux, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Bourg en Bresse

Bourg-en-Bresse, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Bourges

Bourges, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Brest

Brest, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Colombes

Colombes, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Dieppe

Dieppe, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Dijon

Dijon, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Dreux

Dreux, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Garches

Garche, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Grenoble

Grenoble, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, La Roche sur Yon

La Roche-sur-Yon, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Le Mans

Le Mans, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Lens

Lens, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Lille

Lille, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Lorient

Lorient, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Lyon

Lyon, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Lyon

Lyon, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Morlaix

Morlaix, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Nantes

Nantes, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Nice

Nice, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Nice

Nice, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Orléans

Orléans, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Cochin

Paris, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Tenon

Paris, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Poitiers

Poitiers, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Rouen

Rouen, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Saint Brieuc

Saint-Brieuc, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Saint Nazaire

Saint-Nazaire, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Strasbourg

Strasbourg, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Strasbourg

Strasbourg, , France

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Tours

Tours, , France

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Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Stephan EHRMANN

Role: CONTACT

2.47.47.38.55 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

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Clément BRAULT

Role: primary

Pierre ASFAR

Role: primary

Gaëtan PLANTEFEVE

Role: primary

Julio BADIE

Role: primary

Thibault VIEILLE

Role: primary

Ghada SBOUI

Role: primary

Julien GROUILLE

Role: primary

Alexandre BOYER

Role: primary

Nicholas SEDILLOT

Role: primary

Anna BOURREAU

Role: primary

Gwénaël PRAT

Role: primary

Damien ROUX

Role: primary

Pierre-Louis DECLERCQ

Role: primary

Jean-Pierre QUENOT

Role: primary

Florent BAVOZET

Role: primary

Djillali ANNANE

Role: primary

Guilhem WATTECAMPS

Role: primary

Jean-Claude LACHERADE

Role: primary

Mickael LANDAIS

Role: primary

Camille PROUTEAU

Role: primary

Saadalla NSEIR

Role: primary

Guillaume GRILLET

Role: primary

Hodane YONIS

Role: primary

Laurent ARGAUD

Role: primary

Pierre-Yves EGRETEAU

Role: primary

Jean REIGNIER

Role: primary

Clément SACCHERI

Role: primary

Robert ALEXANDRE

Role: primary

François BARBIER

Role: primary

Jean-Paul MIRA

Role: primary

Muriel FARTOUKH

Role: primary

Arnaud THILLE

Role: primary

Grégoire JOLLY

Role: primary

François LEGAY

Role: primary

Patricia COUROUBLE

Role: primary

Julien DEMISELLE

Role: primary

Jean-Etienne HERBRECHT

Role: primary

Stephan EHRMANN

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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DR230003

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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