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- Clinical Trial NCT03288558
Protective Mechanical VENTilation Strategy in Patients Undergoing CARDiac Surgery
Protective Mechanical VENTilation Strategy in Patients Undergoing CARDiac Surgery (VENT CARD Trial)
Heart surgery is a life-saving intervention for hundreds of thousands of patients each year worldwide. Advances in technology and medical expertise have improved outcomes for these patients over the years. However, despite such advances, approximately 30% of patients develop lung complications (also called "pulmonary complications") after heart surgery, which result in prolonged hospital stay, increased mortality and healthcare costs.
During and immediately after heart surgery, the patient's breathing needs to be artificially controlled by a breathing machine, called "mechanical ventilator". The medical literature has reported that in critically ill patients the use of specific settings on the breathing machine (so called "protective mechanical ventilation") prevents lung complications and significantly decreases mortality. Studies show that such settings could also be beneficial for patients that undergo several types of planned surgery, however data regarding heart surgery patients (the most vulnerable to lung complications) are lacking.The aim of our study is to test whether the use of protective mechanical ventilation settings during and after heart surgery reduces lung complications compared to the current standard of care. The main innovation of this study is the application of a novel protective mechanical ventilation strategy to patients undergoing cardiac surgery, in order to reduce post-operative pulmonary complications.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Postoperative pulmonary complications are frequent after cardiac surgery, affecting approximately 30% of all patients. Such complications result in increased morbidity, mortality and health care utilization. During and immediately after surgery, mechanical ventilation is required to control the patient's breathing. Recent scientific literature showed the striking importance of specific mechanical ventilation settings (which often constituted a bundle of interventions and were generally called "protective mechanical ventilation") in other areas of medicine (i.e., critical care, abdominal surgery, management of organ donors) to prevent the onset or propagation of lung injury as well as multiple organ dysfunction. These protective settings include tidal volume of 6 ml/kg of ideal body weight (as opposed to the traditional tidal volume of 10-12 ml/kg), use of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP), recruitment maneuvers (temporary periodic application of higher respiratory pressures or volumes on the mechanical ventilator in order to re-open collapsed areas of the lungs) and attention at avoiding lung collapse during patient transfer and suctioning (i.e. maintaining PEEP during transfer and avoiding disconnection from the breathing circuit during suctioning of respiratory secretions). Such interventions could play an even more important role during cardiac surgery, where several insults to the lung take place. These insults result from the inflammatory cascade triggered by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), myocardial injury and areas of lung collapse (atelectasis). Indeed, a recent retrospective study showed that the tidal volume utilized during and after cardiac surgery impacts significantly on organ dysfunction, with a tidal volume less than 10 ml/kg of ideal body weight providing better outcomes than larger tidal volumes.
The investigators hypothesize that our proposed bundle of protective mechanical ventilation settings aimed at minimizing lung injury by continuation of mechanical ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass, recruitment maneuvers, and use of systems that prevent lung collapse during patient transfer and suctioning (i.e. PEEP valves and closed respiratory circuits) will reduce postoperative pulmonary complications compared to the current standard of care, hence significantly improving patients outcomes and reducing health care costs.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Matteo Parotto, MD, PhD
- Phone Number: 5877 416-340-4800
- Email: matteo.parotto@uhn.ca
Study Locations
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Ontario
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4
- Recruiting
- Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network
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Contact:
- Matteo Parotto, MD
- Phone Number: 5164 416-340-4800
- Email: matteo.parotto@uhn.ca
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age > 18 years old
- Scheduled for elective Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Single valve repair or replacement, or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft plus Single Valve repair or replacement, with the use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB), aortic clamp and cardioplegia, sternotomy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Clinically significant Congenital Heart Disease
- Surgery with planned thoracotomy approach with one lung ventilation
- Body mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) of 40 or higher,
- Receipt of positive pressure mechanical ventilation (invasive and non-invasive) within the 2 weeks preceding surgery (excluding routine treatment for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome)
- Severe chronic respiratory disease, as indicated by any of:
- Baseline FEV1 < 20 ml/kg predicted body weight
- Pre-existing chronic interstitial lung disease with chronic interstitial infiltration on chest X-ray
- Documented chronic CO2 retention (PaCO2 > 50 mm Hg) and/or chronic hypoxaemia (PaO2<55 mmHg on FiO2 = 0.21)
- Chronic restrictive, obstructive, neuromuscular, chest wall or pulmonary vascular disease resulting in severe exercise restriction (e.g., unable to climb stairs or perform household duties), secondary polycythaemia, severe pulmonary hypertension (mean PAP > 40 mmHg), or ventilator dependency
- Requirement for urgent/emergent surgery
- Progressive neuromuscular illness* that will result in prolonged need for mechanical ventilation
- Previous randomization in this trial
- Consent refusal
- Surgeon, anesthesiologist, intensivist refusal
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: DOUBLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: Intervention Group
Subjects randomized to the intervention group will receive a comprehensive perioperative mechanical ventilation strategy that includes a bundle of protective settings (use of PEEP, recruitment maneuvers and continuation of mechanical ventilation during CPB).
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1) Intervention group.
Tidal volume 6ml/kg PBW PEEP 5cm H20 FiO2 to target SatO2 of 92-97% Discontinuation of mechanical ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass |
NO_INTERVENTION: Control Group
Subjects randomized to the control group will receive mechanical ventilation according to the current usual care.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Post-operative pulmonary complications
Time Frame: for 7 days post operatively
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Daily chart review and assessment of any pulmonary complications documented
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for 7 days post operatively
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Ventilator free days
Time Frame: Post op day 1-28 days
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number of days without a ventilator Number of days without ventilation |
Post op day 1-28 days
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Intensive care length of stay
Time Frame: Post op day 1-28 days
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Number of days in the intensive care unit
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Post op day 1-28 days
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Hospital length of stay
Time Frame: Post op day 1-28 days
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Number of days in the hospital
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Post op day 1-28 days
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Duration of mechanical ventilation
Time Frame: Post op day 1-28 days
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Length of time on a ventilator
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Post op day 1-28 days
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Ease of surgical access
Time Frame: Intraoperatively during surgery
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Ability of the surgeon to access the surgical field during cardiopulmonary bypass using a 5 point Likert scale
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Intraoperatively during surgery
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Barotrauma
Time Frame: in the first 7 days after surgery
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defined as radiological evidence of pneumothorax and/or pneumomediastinum
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in the first 7 days after surgery
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Surgical complications
Time Frame: From the day of surgery to 48 hours post surgery
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death, myocardial infarction, stroke, acute liver injury, and chest reopening
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From the day of surgery to 48 hours post surgery
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Acute Kidney Injury
Time Frame: Day of surgery to 28 days
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Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury across the study population
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Day of surgery to 28 days
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Mortality
Time Frame: Day of surgery to 90-day
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Incidence of mortality across the study population
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Day of surgery to 90-day
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Home and alive
Time Frame: up to 30 days after surgery
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to evaluate days at home
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up to 30 days after surgery
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Matteo Parotto, MD, PhD, Toronto General Hospital, UHN
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- 17-5171
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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