Impact of Early Non Invasive Ventilation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Patients

Impact of Early Non-invasive Ventilation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Timing of initiating domiciliary no invasive ventilation (NIV) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients remains unclear. The hypothesis of the study is that the early use of NIV, in the initial phase of respiratory muscle weakness, improves the prognosis of ALS patients.

Principal objective: To evaluate the impact of early NIV in the survival of ALS patients.

Secondary objectives:To determine the effects from early NIV in the progression of respiratory muscle weakness. To analyze the impact of early NIV in the quality of life of ALS patients. To evaluate the correlation between the FVC and other parameters of respiratory evaluation (maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP), sniff nasal inspiratory pressure (SNP), nocturnal desaturation) and their utility in the early indication of the NIV. To evaluate the tolerance to the early NIV.

Methods: multicentric, randomized, open-label, controlled clinical trial with a parallel treatment design. Patients will be included when their FVC reaches the threshold of the 75% of the predicted value and will be randomized in: Group A: the NIV treatment will begin immediately and Group B: the NIV treatment will be started when patients fulfil at least one of the following criteria: (i) FVC < 50% predicted, (ii) orthopnea, and/or (iii) PaCO2 > 45 mmHg. Follow-up visits will be done every three months with pulmonary function test, nocturnal pulse oximetry, quality of life and quality of sleep tests, assessment of disease progression (ALSFSR-R scale), tolerance and compliance with NIV.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Home pressure ventilator model Vivo 40 (BREAS Medical AB)

Detailed Description

ALS patients with early impairment of respiratory muscles (FVC around 75%) will be radomised to initiate NIV or conventional follow-up.

The NIV treatment will be initiated during a hospital with the model of ventilator VIVO 40 (BREAS Medical AD, Sweden) using a pressure support assisted/control mode, with a minimum pressure support 10 cm.

Initial NIV indication in both groups of patients will nocturnal. Patients will be defined as tolerant to NIV if they do not refer inconveniences and is able to asleep with NIV.

The efficacy of the intervention will be compared in both groups with survival until death or change to invasive tracheal ventilation as a prymary efficacy parameter.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 42
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Barcelona
    • L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 08907
      • Hospital Universitari Bellvitge

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 80 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study
• Definite ALS diagnosis according to El Escorial Criteria
• Ability to understand and perform the pulmonary function test
• FVC ≤ 75% (with FVC registry >75% documented within the six previous months)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Major comorbidity (non-related with ALS) that can shorten life expectancy
• Cognitive impairment that prevents the patient to understand and perform the study procedures including technically acceptable pulmonary function tests (FVC, MIP, SNP, PCF)
• Patient refusal of NIV treatment
• Previous respiratory or cardiac diseases with known impaired spirometry
• Indication of NIV according to standard criteria (PaCO2 > 45 mmHg, FVC < 50%, orthopnea)
• ALS with slow disease progression (more than 3 years)
• Participation in another clinical trial

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: early non invasive ventilation; Patients assigned to this arm will start non invasive ventilation with home pressure ventilator model Vivo 40 (BREAS Medical AB)immediately after randomization (when their FVC reaches the threshold of the 75% of the predicted value)	Device: Home pressure ventilator model Vivo 40 (BREAS Medical AB); Nocturnal non invasive ventilation (Vivo 40)with minimum pressure support of 10 cm H2O (IPAP 14, EPAP 4). Parameters will be adjusted according to tolerance and to achieve PaCO2 < 45 mmHg and improve symptoms.
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: standard; patients in this arm will start non invasive ventilation with home pressure ventilator model Vivo 40 (BREAS Medical AB) when they fulfil at least one of the following criteria: (i) FVC < 50% predicted, (ii) orthopnea, and/or (iii) PaCO2 > 45 mmHg.	Device: Home pressure ventilator model Vivo 40 (BREAS Medical AB); Nocturnal non invasive ventilation (Vivo 40)with minimum pressure support of 10 cm H2O (IPAP 14, EPAP 4). Parameters will be adjusted according to tolerance and to achieve PaCO2 < 45 mmHg and improve symptoms.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
survival until death or tracheostomy	To evaluate the impact of the early use of NIV in the survival function of the time until death or tracheostomy of ALS patients, compared with a standard initiation of NIV.	three years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
effects from early use of NIV in progression of respiratory muscle weakness	To determine the effects from early use of NIV in progression of respiratory muscle weakness, measured by rate of decline in FVC	three years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
• Collaborators: Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Eva Farrero, MD, Hospital Universitari Bellvitge

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: April 1, 2012
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): December 1, 2015
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 13, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 16, 2012
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): July 17, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): February 22, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 19, 2016
• Last Verified: February 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Metabolic Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Spinal Cord Diseases; TDP-43 Proteinopathies; Proteostasis Deficiencies; Sclerosis; Motor Neuron Disease; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: AC 111/11

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO