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- Clinical Trial NCT01256645
Transfusion Strategies in Weaning Patients (WTT)
Liberal Versus Restrictive Transfusion Management in Patients Being Weaned From Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
The aim of this study is to determine, whether a liberal transfusion strategy is helpful to liberate patients from prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation.
Patients who are difficult to wean according to the criteria by Boles et al [1] are limited by the capacity of their respiratory muscles.
Improved oxygen delivery achieved by blood transfusions however is known to decrease the work of breathing [2] and thus in theory can improve weaning success [3].
This study is designed as a prospective, randomized, open labeled blinded End-point evaluation to test the hypothesis that a liberal transfusion strategy decreases the time needed for weaning.
- Boles, JM, J Bion, A Connors, M Herridge, B Marsh, C Melot, R Pearl, H Silverman, M Stanchina, A Vieillard-BaronandT Welte, Weaning from mechanical ventilation. Eur Respir J, 2007. 29(5): p. 1033.
- Schonhofer, B, M Wenzel, M GeibelandD Kohler, Blood transfusion and lung function in chronically anemic patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Crit Care Med, 1998. 26(11): p. 1824.
- Schonhofer, B, H BohrerandD Kohler, Blood transfusion facilitating difficult weaning from the ventilator. Anaesthesia, 1998. 53(2): p. 181.
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Liberation from invasive mechanical ventilation has a huge impact on quality of life and healthcare expenses. Weaning is more difficult and complex in patients who have been ventilated for a longer time (i.e. more than seven days) or have undergone multiple failed weaning attempts and thus are classified weaning category three according to Boles at al. [1] Current national and international guidelines are in favour of a rather restrictive transfusion regime. This recommendation is mainly based on the work of Hebert et al. [2] where no benefit or a liberal transfusion approach could be found. Patients in the Hebert study however had become acutely ill and did not show any impairment or dysfunction of the respiratory muscles
Weaning class 3 patients however suffer from an overload of their respiratory muscles either cause by an increased load or decreased capacity.
In either instance unloading of the respiratory muscles is key to improve the capability of spontaneous breathing. One possible way to achieve this goal is to improve oxygen delivery.
Oxygen delivery is determined by the cardiac output times the oxygen content of the blood. The latter is mainly determined by the haemoglobin concentration and the oxygen saturation (Hb x 1.34 x SaO2 + PO2 x 0.003). Previous studies have shown that in patients with a strained respiratory pump blood transfusions improve the work of breathing [3].
A more liberal transfusion strategy therefore might improve the weaning outcome ventilator dependant patients [4]
This study is designed as a prospective, randomized, open labeled blinded End-point evaluation to test the hypothesis that a liberal transfusion strategy decreases the time needed for weaning.
Patients who are anemic (Hb < 9 mg/dl) and were admitted to our specialized weaning unit are either randomized to a conservative or liberal transfusion regime if they are agreed to participate.
The goal in the liberal transfusion group is to keep the Hb at > 12 mg/dl and transfusions are given in single units until this threshold is achieved.
Patients then undergo routine weaning procedures consistent of daily or multiple daily weaning trials paired with intermittent ventilation targeted do rest the respiratory muscles.
Daily physiologic data are recorded as well as adverse events. Primary outcome is the time needed to wean the patients off invasive mechanical ventilation, mortality is a secondary criterium.
The study is planned to include 120 patients in blocks of 40 patients. Interim analysis will be performed after each block and the study will be terminated if a significant result is achieved.
- Boles, JM, J Bion, A Connors, M Herridge, B Marsh, C Melot, R Pearl, H Silverman, M Stanchina, A Vieillard-BaronandT Welte, Weaning from mechanical ventilation. Eur Respir J, 2007. 29(5): p. 1033.
- Hebert, PC, G Wells, MA Blajchman, J Marshall, C Martin, G Pagliarello, M Tweeddale, I SchweitzerandE Yetisir, A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care. Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. N Engl J Med, 1999. 340(6): p. 409.
- Schonhofer, B, M Wenzel, M GeibelandD Kohler, Blood transfusion and lung function in chronically anemic patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Crit Care Med, 1998. 26(11): p. 1824.
- Sato, T, EJ BedrickandC Tsai, Model Selection for Multivariate Regression in Small Samples. Biometrics, 1998. 54(1): p. 391.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Dieter Köhler, Prof
- Phone Number: 2500 +49 2972
- Email: d.koehler@fkkg.de
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Dominic Dellweg, M.D.
- Phone Number: 3005 +49 2972
- Email: d.dellweg@fkkg.de
Study Locations
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NRW
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Schmallenberg, NRW, Germany, 57392
- Recruiting
- Kloster Grafschaft
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Contact:
- Dominic Dellweg, M.D.
- Phone Number: 3005 +49 2972
- Email: d.dellweg@fkkg.de
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Contact:
- Dieter Koehler, Prof
- Phone Number: 2500 *49 2972
- Email: d.koehler@fkkg.de
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Principal Investigator:
- Dominic Dellweg, M.D.
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Principal Investigator:
- Thomas Barchfeld, M.D.
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Hb < 9g/dl
- Prolonged mechanical ventilation for > 14 days
- Hemodynamically stable / no acute ongoing disease
- weainingfailure
- spontaneous breathing capacity less than four hours
- Euvolemia
- Consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 18 years
- Pregnancy
- known blood incompatibility
- acute indications to give blood products or previous transfusions within the last three days
- previously known chronic anemia
- coma
- ongoing dialysis
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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No Intervention: restrictive transfusion
No transfusion given to correct anemia unless vital indication is given
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Experimental: liberal transfusion
transfusions are given in single units until Hb is > 12 mg/dl
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application of single units of red blood cell transfusions
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Time to sucessfull weaning
Time Frame: 14 days
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Time between randomisation an sucessfull liberation from invasive mechanical ventilation
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14 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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mortality
Time Frame: within hospital
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mortality during the hospital stay
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within hospital
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Dominic Dellweg, M.D., FKKG
- Study Chair: Dieter Köhler, Prof, FKKG
- Principal Investigator: Thomas Barchfeld, M.D., FKKG
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Schonhofer B, Bohrer H, Kohler D. Blood transfusion facilitating difficult weaning from the ventilator. Anaesthesia. 1998 Feb;53(2):181-4. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00275.x.
- Schonhofer B, Wenzel M, Geibel M, Kohler D. Blood transfusion and lung function in chronically anemic patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Crit Care Med. 1998 Nov;26(11):1824-8. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199811000-00022.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- WT 2010
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