Variability Analysis During Weaning and Extubation in Critically Ill Patients (NM3)

July 5, 2017 updated by: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Cardiopulmonary Monitoring, Skin Conductance and Variability Analysis During Weaning and Extubation in Critically Ill Patients

For critically ill patients, it is important to know when to liberate them from mechanical ventilation (the removal of breathing or endotracheal tube or extubation) and weaning (the progressive decrease of the amount of support that a patient receives from the mechanical ventilation). It is well recognized that prolonged ventilation and weaning harms patients and introduces significant increased costs to the health care system. The investigators objective is to improve the safety of removal of life support in critically ill patients by harnessing information from two new technologies; NM3 and Nexus device. In particular, the investigators are interested in the patterns of variation of respiratory and cardiac signals from the NM3 device, as well as monitor skin conductance with the Nexus device. The combination of these measures has not yet been investigated to date, and could represent a novel set of measures that can be used to help physicians better manage critically ill patients. The current standard of care dictates that once a patient is considered as a candidate for withdrawal from ventilation, a spontaneous breathing trial (SBTs) is performed, where the degree of ventilator support is decreased, and their response is observed to help predict if they will tolerate extubation.

Health is associated with a high degree of variation of physiologic parameters such as heart rate and respiratory rate, and illness & stress are associated with a loss of variability. The analysis of variability of biological signals measures the degree of fluctuations present over time. Previous studies have demonstrated that changes in variability (generally decreases) are observed in illness states, and the degree of this change correlates with illness severity. Several studies have reported that reduced heart or respiratory rate variability (HRV or RRV) during SBTs is associated with extubation failure. Until recently, variability analysis has traditionally been done only on heart rate (HRV), derived from analyzing beat-to-beat intervals from the ubiquitous electrocardiogram (ECG). The investigators aim to apply variability analysis to the respiratory and cardiac signals which represent a rich novel set of muti-organ variability measures whose utility in managing extubation and ventilator weaning has not been investigated to date.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

12

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

    • Ontario
      • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H8L6
        • The Ottawa Hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

ICU Patients

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Respiratory failure
  • Cardiac failure
  • Consent within 48 hours of admission to the ICU

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Allergy to skin adhesives
  • On study less than 72 hours

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Ongoing respiratory monitoring
Time Frame: consent to 5 days after extubation
looking at the variability of measures of respiratory function that are normally taken during an ICU stay
consent to 5 days after extubation
Ongoing cardiac monitoring
Time Frame: consent to 5 days after extubation
looking at the variability of measures of cardiac function that are normally taken during an ICU stay
consent to 5 days after extubation
Ongoing skin conductance monitoring
Time Frame: consent to 5 days after extubation
looking at skin conductance during the ICU stay
consent to 5 days after extubation

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Gwynne Jones, MD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 12, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 25, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

February 27, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 7, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 5, 2017

Last Verified

July 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2011763-01H

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