Prone Position in Acute Bronchiolitis (PROPOSITIS)

October 20, 2021 updated by: Hospices Civils de Lyon

Effect of Prone Position on the Use of Non-invasive and Invasive Ventilation in Infants With Moderate to Severe Acute Bronchiolitis

Acute viral bronchiolitis is the leading cause of community-acquired acute respiratory failure in developed countries (20 000 to 30 000 hospitalizations each year in France). Between 5% and 22% of these children are hospitalized in a critical care unit to benefit from a respiratory support.

Non-invasive ventilation, in particular the nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (nCPAP), reduces the work of breathing in children with bronchiolitis and is associated with decreased morbidity and hospitalization costs compared with invasive ventilation. Nowadays, this technique is considered as the gold standard in the pediatric intensive care units (PICU) in France. High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) has been proposed as an alternative to the nCPAP because of its better tolerance and simplicity of implementation. However, the proportion of failure remains high (35 to 50%), providing only a partial response to the care of these children, especially prior to the PICU.

In a physiological study (NCT02602678, article published), it has been demonstrated that prone position (PP) decrease, by almost 50%, the respiratory work of breathing and improve the respiratory mechanics in infants hospitalized in intensive care units for bronchiolitis.

Investigators hypothesize that prone position, during High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC), would significantly reduce the use of non-invasive ventilation (nCPAP and others) or invasive ventilation, as compared to supine position during HFNC, in infants with moderate to severe viral bronchiolitis.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

452

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

      • Bron, France, 69500
        • Recruiting
        • Réanimation pédiatrique et unité de surveillance continue - Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant - Hospices Civils de Lyon
        • Contact:
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Florent BAUDIN, Dr
      • Caen, France, 14000
        • Not yet recruiting
        • CHU de Caen, Service de réanimation et surveillance continue pédiatrique
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • BROSSIER David
      • Chambéry, France, 73000
      • Dijon, France, 21079
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Hôpital d'Enfants CHU de Dijon Service de réanimation pédiatrique
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • NALLET-AMATE Megan
      • Gleizé, France, 69400
        • Recruiting
        • CH VILLEFRANCHE Service de pédiatrie néonatologie
        • Contact:
      • La Tronche, France, 38700
        • Recruiting
        • CHU GRENOBLE Service de réanimation pédiatrique Hôpital Couple Enfant
        • Contact:
      • Montpellier, France, 34295
        • Recruiting
        • CHU MONTPELLIER Service de réanimation pédiatrique
        • Contact:
      • Nantes, France, 44093
        • Recruiting
        • CHU Nantes Unité de surveillance continue pédiatrique Hôpital mère-enfant
        • Contact:
      • Nice, France, 06200
      • Paris, France, 75015
        • Recruiting
        • Hôpital Necker Enfant Malade, Paris Service de Réanimation et surveillance continue médicochirurgicales
        • Contact:
      • Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France, 42270
      • Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France, 54500
        • Not yet recruiting
        • CRHU Nancy Réanimation Pédiatrique Spécialisée
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • WIEDEMANN Arnaud
      • Épagny, France, 74370
        • Recruiting
        • CH ANNECY GENEVOIS Unité de surveillance continue pédiatrique
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 10 months (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Infant under 6 months
  • Hospitalized in critical care unit (continuous monitoring unit or intensive care unit)
  • With a clinical diagnosis of acute viral bronchiolitis (criterion of the American Academy of Pediatrics 2014)
  • m-WCAS score ≥ 3 and / or hypercapnic acidosis with pH <7.35 and pCO2> 50mmHg (6.7 kPa)
  • Informed consent signed by at least one of the parents with oral consent of the other parent (and / or legal guardian) recorded in the medical file.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Infant admitted with criteria for invasive or non-invasive ventilation (hypercapnic acidosis with pH <7.25 without ventilatory support and/or hypoxia with impossibility of maintaining SpO2> 92% whatever the FiO2 and/or more than 3 significant apneas per hour and/or severe consciousness disorder)
  • Patient already positioned in the prone position before randomization
  • Significant comorbidities with a history of respiratory pathology (bronchodysplasia with ventilatory support), Ear Nose and Throat pathology (pharyngolaryngomalacia) or neuromuscular and / or hemodynamically significant congenital heart disease.
  • Contraindication to Prone position : recent abdominal surgery (laparoschisis or omphalocele) or recent sternotomy
  • Patient who is not affiliated (or does not benefit from) to a national social security system

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Supine position (SP)
Supine position (SP) combined with HFNC

Infants under high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) will be positioned in the supine position.

Patients may be positioned temporarily in lateral position between periods of supine position to limit ventilatory disorders, as it is usually done in critical care units during bronchiolitis.

Experimental: Prone position (PP)
Prone position (SP) combined with HFNC

Infants under high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) will be placed in the prone position during at least 24 hours over the first 48 hours. The positioning will be standardized (chest on the bed plan and abdomen cleared) and children should be placed in the prone position immediately after randomization.

Patients may be positioned temporarily in lateral position between periods of prone position to limit ventilatory disorders, as it is usually done in critical care units during bronchiolitis.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Proportion of ventilated children in each of the 2 groups
Time Frame: 3 days

Indications for the use of ventilation (invasive or non-invasive ventilation) will be standardized in both groups (based on the interregional protocol for the management of bronchiolitis):

  • Clinical aggravation defined by an increase ≥ 1 point of the m-WCAS score
  • Persistence of hypercapnic acidosis with pH ≤7.30 and pCO2≥ 8 kPa or FiO2> 60% under HFNC at 2 L/kg/min
  • More than 2 significant apneas per hour (apnea with desaturation <90% and / or bradycardia <90 / min)
  • Consciousness disorder

Anytime over the first 3 days after inclusion

3 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Proportion of failure
Time Frame: 3 days

Failure is defined as:

  • HFNC failure (composite failure criterion validated by an independent committee)
  • worsening of mWCAS score ≥ 1 point
  • hypercapnic acidosis (pH ≤7.30 and pCO2≥8kPa)
  • significant apnea (apnea with desaturation <90% and / or bradycardia <90/min)

Anytime over the first 3 days after inclusion

3 days
Causes of failure
Time Frame: 3 days

Failure is defined as:

  • HFNC failure (composite failure criterion validated by an independent committee)
  • worsening of mWCAS score ≥ 1 point
  • hypercapnic acidosis (pH ≤7.30 and pCO2≥8kPa)
  • significant apnea (apnea with desaturation <90% and / or bradycardia <90/min)

Anytime over the first 3 days after inclusion

3 days
Duration of ventilation
Time Frame: maximum 3 months

Duration of ventilation (high flow nasal cannula, invasive, non-invasive) in hours.

This data will be collected at critical care unit discharge.

maximum 3 months
Length of stay
Time Frame: maximum 3 months
Length of stay in days. This data will be collected at hospital discharge.
maximum 3 months
Oxygenation evaluation
Time Frame: 2 hours
Evolution of FiO2 and SpO2/FiO2 ratio between inclusion and H2.
2 hours
Oxygenation evaluation
Time Frame: 12 hours
Evolution of FiO2 and SpO2/FiO2 ratio between inclusion and H12.
12 hours
Oxygenation evaluation
Time Frame: 24 hours
Evolution of FiO2 and SpO2/FiO2 ratio between inclusion and H24.
24 hours
Tolerance evaluation
Time Frame: maximum 3 months

Proportion of skin lesions, vomiting/regurgitation and exclusive enteral nutrition.

This data will be collected at critical care unit discharge.

maximum 3 months
Variation EDIN score (Scale of pain and discomfort of the newborn) between inclusion and after 2 hours
Time Frame: 2 hours

Scale ranges to 0 from 15 and is a combination of criteria:

  • Face: Relaxed=0 to Permanent tightness or prostrate face,frozen or purple face=3
  • Body: Relaxed=0 to Permanent agitation,tightness of extremities and stiffness of limbs or very poor and limited motor skills with fixed body=3
  • Sleep:Easily, extended and calm=0 to No sleep=3
  • Relationship:Smile to the angels,smile answer,attentive to the listening=0 to Refuses contact,no relationship possible,howl or moan without any stimulation=3
  • Comfort: Do not need comfort=0 to Inconsolable,desperate sucking=3
2 hours
Evaluation of the feasibility of maintaining the position
Time Frame: 48 hours
Proportion of children in the prone position repositioned definitively in the supine position before performing the cumulative 24 hours of prone position, cumulative hours of prone position in the first 48 hours
48 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 13, 2021

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

November 1, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

November 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 3, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 5, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

June 6, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 21, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 20, 2021

Last Verified

October 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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