Efficacy of Respiratory Physiotherapy on Severe ICU-admitted COVID-19 Patients.

July 16, 2022 updated by: Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Efficacy of Respiratory Physiotherapy on Severe ICU-admitted COVID-19 Patients: a Multicentric, National, Observational, Retrospective Study.

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV2 virus. COVID-19 patients can develop a severe disease that can lead to hypoxic respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Severe patients can require access to intensive care unit (ICU). Early rehabilitation is known to be effective in critically ill patients and in ARDS.

Early rehabilitation is known to be effective in critically ill subjects. The role of physiotherapy in severe COVID-19 patients is still unclear and few guidelines have been proposed so far. Aim of this study is to assess efficacy of early rehabilitation for severe ICU-admitted COVID-19 patients as compared to a group that did not received physiotherapy treatment in ICU.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which emerged in China in December 2019 and in Italy in February 2020. A large proportion of infected people have mild clinical manifestations, whereas >10% develop a severe disease, which could evolve into acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission. A high proportion of ICU patients need invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and about 50% of the ICU-admitted patients die. The median age of ICU COVID-19 patients was <65 years and the mortality in patients aged <63 years ranges from 15 to 20%.

Early rehabilitation is safe and effective in critically ill patients and, in patients with ARDS, it helps to reduce the functional impairment due to the prolonged stay in ICU. Preliminary data suggest the implementation of early and active mobilization programs, as well as airway clearance, for patients with severe forms of COVID-19. To date, the role of respiratory physiotherapy in severe COVID-19 patients is still unclear.

Aim of this study is to assess efficacy of early rehabilitation for severe ICU-admitted COVID-19 patients as compared to a group that did not recevied physiotherapy treatment in ICU. Physiotherapy efficacy is evaluated in terms of ventilator free days (VFD) during the first 30 days after neuromuscular blockade stop.

Moreover, duration of ICU stay and patient functional status at ICU discharge will be evaluated.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

244

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Locations

  • Italy
      • Genova, Italy
        • Ospedale San Martino
      • Milano, Italy, 20122
        • Fondazione Irccs Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
      • Trento, Italy
        • APSS Provincia Autonoma di Trento Ospedale Santa Chiara
    • Milan
      • Milano, Milan, Italy
        • ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda

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

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Investigators will study patients accessing acute hospital ICU with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (hARF) due to laboratory confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia form March 1st to May 30th.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Having laboratory confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia
  • Developed hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (hARF) requiring access to ICU
  • Treated by physiotherapists during the ICU stay
  • Stopped the neuromuscular blokade treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previuos cognitive deficit (Mini menatal state examination <20)

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Control
COVID-19 ICU-admitted patients that did not received physiotherapy interventions during ICU stay.
Physiotherapy
COVID-19 ICU-admitted patients that received physiotherapy interventions during ICU stay.
Procedure: Early physiotherapy

Respiratory physiotherapy included:

  1. early and functional mobilization: passive and active mobilization, muscle strengthening, improving independence in activities of daily living (ADL), sitting out of bed, standing, walking;
  2. patient positioning to achieve better ventilation/perfusion ratio and gas exchange;
  3. airway clearance;
  4. aerosol administration;
  5. invasive mechanical ventilation weaning;
  6. use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP);
  7. tracheostomy management and weaning;
  8. swallowing assessment;
  9. management of oxygen delivery;
  10. lung expansion;
  11. patient assessment and functional scale administration.
Other Names:
  • respiratory physiotherapy
  • early rehabilitation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Ventilator-free days (VFD) and alive at day 28
Time Frame: Up to 28 days after neuromuscular blokade stop
To determine if early physiotherapy, as compared to no physiotherapy treatment, increases the number of ventilator-free days (VFD) and alive at day 28 in severe COVID-19 ICU-admitted patients.
Up to 28 days after neuromuscular blokade stop

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
ICU stay duration
Time Frame: From ICU admission to ICU discharge; up to 60 days.
Mean days of ICU stay
From ICU admission to ICU discharge; up to 60 days.
PaO2/FiO2
Time Frame: At ICU discharge; up to 60 days
Mean measure of PaO2/FiO2
At ICU discharge; up to 60 days
ICU survival rate
Time Frame: From ICU admission until date of death from any cause, during ICU stay; up to 100 days.
Number of patients that survived ICU stay
From ICU admission until date of death from any cause, during ICU stay; up to 100 days.
hospital survival rate
Time Frame: From ICU admission until date of death from any cause, during hospitalization
Number of patients that survived hospitalization
From ICU admission until date of death from any cause, during hospitalization
90 days survival rate
Time Frame: From ICU admission until date of death from any cause, assessed up to 90 days after neuromuscular blokade removal
Number of patients that survived during 90 days after neuromuscular blokade stop
From ICU admission until date of death from any cause, assessed up to 90 days after neuromuscular blokade removal

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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)

March 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 30, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

December 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 30, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 4, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

October 5, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 19, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 16, 2022

Last Verified

June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • FISIO-UTI-COVID

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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