Study Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine (DEX) in Intubated and Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Subjects

A Phase III Randomized, Double-blind, Dose-Controlled, Multicenter Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine in Intubated and Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Subjects

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of dexmedetomidine (DEX) in intubated and mechanically ventilated pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) subjects. The key study objectives are:

• To characterize the loading and maintenance dosing of DEX by age group and overall medical condition of pediatric subjects
• To evaluate the safety and efficacy of loading and maintenance infusions for sedation in initially intubated and mechanically ventilated PICU subjects
• To explore the exposure-response relationship between dose of DEX and clinical measures of sedation and safety

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sedation
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Dexmedetomidine; Drug: Midazolam; Drug: Fentanyl; Drug: Morphine

Detailed Description

An estimated 175 subjects will be enrolled at approximately 40 investigative sites. Subjects will be divided into two treatment groups to receive either high dose or low dose Dexmedetomidine (DEX). The loading and maintenance doses in both groups will be stratified according to the presence or absence of cardiopulmonary bypass. The level of sedation will be assessed using the University of Michigan Sedation Scale (UMSS). Score 0 (awake/alert); Score 1 (sleepy/responds appropriately); Score 2 (somnolent/arouses to light stimuli); Score 3 (deep sleep/arouses to deeper); Score 4 (unarousable to stimuli).

Based on these scores and clinical judgment, additional sedation with intravenous midazolam will be administered according to the label. The UMSS scores must be documented before the administration of every midazolam (MDZ) dose and within five minutes after each dose of MDZ. Fentanyl or morphine may be administered to treat pain. Subjects may be extubated after beginning of study drug but are not required to be as part of the study.

The efficacy and safety parameters that will be monitored include sedation levels, heart rate, blood pressure and ventilation indicators. Once subjects have met site-specified respiratory criteria, they will undergo tracheal extubation. The dexmedetomidine infusion may be continued during and after extubation if further sedation is required post-extubation. The continuous infusion of dexmedetomidine must be administered for a minimum of 6 hours and a maximum of 24 hours. Sedation levels, heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, ventilator settings, SpO2 and if available transcutaneous carbon dioxide (TcCO2) and/or arterial blood gases (ABG) will be monitored and recorded in the peri-extubation period.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 175
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • British Columbia
    • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3V4
      • BC Children's Hospital
  • Ontario
    • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L1
      • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8
      • Hospital for Sick Children
  • Quebec
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5
      • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, CHU Sainte-Justine
• United States
  • Arizona
    • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85008
      • Maricopa Medical Center
  • Arkansas
    • Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202
      • Arkansas Children's Hospital
  • California
    • Loma Linda, California, United States, 92354
      • Loma Linda University Medical Center, Pediatric Dept., Div. of Critical Care - PICU
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027
      • Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
      • Pediatric Critical Care
    • Stanford, California, United States, 94305
      • Dept. of Anesthesia, SUMC
  • District of Columbia
    • Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010
      • Children's National Medical Center
  • Florida
    • Hollywood, Florida, United States, 33021
      • Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital/Memorial Regional Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
    • Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32207
      • Critical Care
    • Miami, Florida, United States, 33155
      • Miami Children's Hospital
    • Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
      • University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine
    • Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806
    • Pensacola, Florida, United States, 32504
      • Pensacola Research Consultants, Inc.
  • Illinois
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
      • University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital
    • Maywood, Illinois, United States, 60153
      • Loyola University Medical Center
    • Park Ridge, Illinois, United States, 60068
      • Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital
  • Kentucky
    • Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202
      • Kosair Charities Pediatric Clinical Research Unit, University of Louisville
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287-8711
      • The John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine
  • Michigan
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-5211
      • F3900 C.S. Mott Hospital SPC 5211 Dept. of Anaesthesiology
    • Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
      • Children's Hospital of Michigan
  • Minnesota
    • Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, 55101
      • Gilette Children's Speciality Healthcare
  • New York
    • Bronx, New York, United States, 10467
      • Montefiore Medical Center
  • North Carolina
    • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
      • Duke University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology
  • Ohio
    • Akron, Ohio, United States, 44308
      • Akron Children's Hospital Medical Center
    • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44109
      • MetroHealth Medical Center
    • Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
      • University Hospitals Case Medical Center
  • Oregon
    • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97227
      • Northwest Pediatric Critical Care, P.C. Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital
  • Pennsylvania
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224
      • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
  • South Carolina
    • Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425
      • Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
  • Texas
    • Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235
      • Children's Medical Center Dallas
  • Virginia
    • Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908
      • University of Virginia, Division of Pediatric Critical Care
    • Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298-0530
      • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Wisconsin
    • Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 month to 16 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Initially intubated and mechanically ventilated pediatric subjects (≥1 month [birth age corrected for prematurity] to <17 years of age) in an intensive care setting. The means by which the subject is intubated may include nasotracheal, endotracheal or via tracheotomy. The subject must be mechanically ventilated prior to and during the commencement of study drug.
2. Anticipated to require a minimum of 6 hours of continuous intravenous sedation.
3. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification of 1, 2, 3 or 4.
4. A UMSS score of 1, 2, 3 or 4 at the start of infusion of study drug.

5. A dose has been established for this subject's age based upon the diagnosis procedures.

   Status post cardiopulmonary bypass (s/p CPB):

   • Low dose group: Loading dose: 0.2 mcg/kg Maintenance dose titration range (0.025-0.5 mcg/kg/hr)
   • High dose group: Loading dose: 0.5 mcg/kg Maintenance dose titration range (0.1-0.7 mcg/kg/hr)

   All other diagnoses:

   • Low dose group: Loading dose: 0.3 mcg/kg Maintenance dose titration range (0.05- 0.5mcg/kg/hr)
   • High dose group: Loading dose: 0.6 mcg/kg Maintenance dose titration range (0.2 - 1.4 mcg/kg/hr)

6. If female, subject is non-lactating and is either:

   1. Not of childbearing potential, defined as pre-menarche, or surgically sterile due to bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy, or hysterectomy.
   2. Of childbearing potential but is not pregnant at time of baseline.
7. Subject's parent(s) or legal guardian(s) has/have voluntarily signed and dated the informed consent document approved by the Institutional Review Board. Assent will be obtained where age-appropriate and according to state regulations.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pediatric subjects with neurological conditions that prohibit an evaluation of sedation in the opinion of the investigator (e.g. increased intracranial pressure or extensive brain surgery).
2. The infusion pump minimal capacity cannot accommodate the lowest possible maintenance infusion rate of study drug based on subject's weight.
3. Subjects with second degree or third degree heart block unless subject has a pacemaker or pacing wires.

4. Hypotension that persist beyond a 15 min of re-assessments prior to starting study drug:

   • Age 1 month to ≤6 months old: systolic blood pressure (SBP) <60 (millimeters of mercury) mmHg
   • Age >6 months to <2 yrs old: SBP <70 mmHg
   • Age >2 to <12 yrs old: SBP <80 mmHg
   • Age >12 to <17 yrs old: SBP <90 mmHg

5. Pre-existing bradycardia that persists beyond a 15 min period of re-assessment prior to starting study drugs:

   • Age 1 month to <2 months old: HR <90 beats per min (bpm)
   • Age ≥2 months to <12 months old: HR <80 bpm
   • Age ≥12 months to <2 yrs old: HR <70 bpm
   • Age ≥ 2 to <12 yrs old: HR <60 bpm
   • Age ≥ 12 to <17 yrs old: HR <50 bpm

6. Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT): 1 month -12 months: >165 U/L; >12 months to <17 years: ≥100 U/L.

   Note: Subjects may be rescreened up to 6 hrs prior to study drug infusion (not including subjects undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB).

7. Subjects who have a known allergy to dexmedetomidine, MDZ, morphine or fentanyl.
8. Requirement for medications other than DEX, midazolam, morphine or fentanyl for sedation and pain control.
9. Subjects with immobility form neuromuscular disease, paralysis from administration of neuromuscular blocking agents, spinal cord injury above T5, or subjects with muscle weakness form congenital or systemic medical illness etiologies. Note: subjects who received NMB agents intraoperatively must be, in the Investigator's opinion, free of residual neuromuscular blockade prior to dosing with study drug.
10. Subjects who have received another investigational drug or device within the past 30 days.
11. Subjects who have received DEX in a previous investigational trial within the previous 12 weeks.
12. Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, have any other condition where the risks of DEX would be expected to outweigh its benefits (e.g. cardiogenic shock on >2 vasopressors).
13. Subjects who will require alpha-2 agonists/antagonists listed below within 48 hrs prior to baseline.

Alpha-2 Agonists: Xylazine*, Clonidine (Catapres, Dixarit), Guanfacine (Tenex), Guanabenz (Wytensin), Mivazerol, Guanadrel (Hylorel), Guanethidine (Ismelin) and Methyldopa (Aldomet). * Xylazine is a veterinary product, but has abuse potentIal in humans.

Alpha-2 Antagonists: Corynanthine, Phenoxybenzamine (Dibenzyline), Phentolamine (Regitine, Rogitine), Tolazoline (Priscoline), Yohimbine, Rauwolscine, Idazoxan, Reserpine (Serpasil) and Mirtazapine (Remeron, Remeron Soltab).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: QUADRUPLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Dexmedetomidine Low Dose	Drug: Dexmedetomidine; Study drug titrated up or down to maintain target UMSS range.; Drug: Midazolam; Rescue medication for sedation according to UMSS scores; Drug: Fentanyl; Rescue medication for pain based on UMSS scores; Drug: Morphine; Rescue medication for pain based on UMSS scores.
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Dexmedetomidine High dose	Drug: Dexmedetomidine; Study drug titrated up or down to maintain target UMSS range.; Drug: Midazolam; Rescue medication for sedation according to UMSS scores; Drug: Fentanyl; Rescue medication for pain based on UMSS scores; Drug: Morphine; Rescue medication for pain based on UMSS scores.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Subjects That do Not Require Rescue Midazolam (MDZ) for Sedation Based on Achieving and Maintaining a Target University of Michigan Sedation Scale (UMSS) Score of 1 to 3 While Intubated.	Clinical Score Level of Sedation 0 Awake/Alert; Minimally Sedated: Tired/sleepy, appropriate response to verbal conversation and/or sounds.; Moderately Sedated: Somnolent/sleeping, easily aroused with light tactile stimulation.; Deeply sedated: Deep sleep, arousable only with significant physical stimulation.; Unarousable	6 to 24 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Absolute Time on Study Drug That the Subject is in a UMSS Range of 1 to 3 While Intubated	6 to 24 hours
Absolute Time on Study Drug That the Subject is Out of the Target Sedation Range (UMSS <1 or >3) While Intubated	6 to 24 hours
Total Amount of Rescue Medication Required for Sedation and Analgesia While Intubated	6 to 24 hours
Time to First Dose of Rescue Medication for Sedation and Analgesia	6 to 24 hours
Time to Successful Extubation	6 to 24 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hospira, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
• Investigators: Study Director: Robert Bilkovski, MD, Medical Director, Hospira

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): January 1, 2011
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): January 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 2, 2009
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): April 3, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): August 14, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 23, 2015
• Last Verified: July 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Intubated and mechanically ventilated PICU subjects
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Physiological Effects of Drugs; Adrenergic Agents; Neurotransmitter Agents; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Central Nervous System Depressants; Peripheral Nervous System Agents; Analgesics; Sensory System Agents; Anesthetics, Intravenous; Anesthetics, General; Anesthetics; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists; Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Adrenergic Agonists; Analgesics, Opioid; Narcotics; Tranquilizing Agents; Psychotropic Drugs; Hypnotics and Sedatives; Adjuvants, Anesthesia; Anti-Anxiety Agents; GABA Modulators; GABA Agents; Fentanyl; Midazolam; Dexmedetomidine; Morphine
• Other Study ID Numbers: DEX-08-05