Individualized positive end-expiratory pressure guided by end-expiratory lung volume in early acute respiratory distress syndrome: study protocol for the multicenter, randomized IPERPEEP trial

Domenico Luca Grieco, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore, Giacomo Bellani, Savino Spadaro, Elena Spinelli, Tommaso Tonetti, Luca S Menga, Marco Pozzi, Denise Battaglini, Rosa Di Mussi, Andrea Bruni, Andrea De Gaetano, Carmine Giovanni Iovino, Matteo Brioni, Francesco Mojoli, Giuseppe Foti, Carlo Aberto Volta, Paolo Pelosi, Paolo Navalesi, Salvatore Grasso, V Marco Ranieri, Massimo Antonelli, IPERPEEP study group, Domenico Luca Grieco, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore, Giacomo Bellani, Savino Spadaro, Elena Spinelli, Tommaso Tonetti, Luca S Menga, Marco Pozzi, Denise Battaglini, Rosa Di Mussi, Andrea Bruni, Andrea De Gaetano, Carmine Giovanni Iovino, Matteo Brioni, Francesco Mojoli, Giuseppe Foti, Carlo Aberto Volta, Paolo Pelosi, Paolo Navalesi, Salvatore Grasso, V Marco Ranieri, Massimo Antonelli, IPERPEEP study group

Abstract

Background: In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), response to positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is variable according to different degrees of lung recruitability. The search for a tool to individualize PEEP based on patients' individual response is warranted. End-expiratory lung volume (EELV) assessment by nitrogen washing-washout aids bedside estimation of PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment and may therefore help titrate PEEP on patient's individual recruitability. We designed a randomized trial to test whether an individualized PEEP setting protocol driven by EELV measurement may improve a composite clinical outcome in patients with moderate-to-severe ARDS (IPERPEEP trial).

Methods: IPERPEEP is an open-label, multicenter, randomized trial that will be conducted in 10 intensive care units in Italy and will enroll 132 ARDS patients showing PaO2/FiO2 ratio ≤ 150 mmHg within 24 h from endotracheal intubation while on mechanical ventilation with PEEP 5 cmH2O. To standardize lung volumes at study initiation, all patients will undergo mechanical ventilation with tidal volume of 6 ml/kg of predicted body weight and PEEP set to obtain a plateau pressure within 28 and 30 cmH2O for 30 min (EXPRESS PEEP). Afterwards, a 5-step decremental PEEP trial will be conducted (EXPRESS PEEP to PEEP 5 cmH2O), and EELV will be measured at each step. Recruitment-to-inflation ratio will be calculated for each PEEP range from EELV difference. Patients will be then randomized to receive mechanical ventilation with PEEP set according to the optimal recruitment observed in the PEEP trial (IPERPEEP arm) trial or to achieve a plateau pressure of 28-30 cmH2O (control arm, EXPRESS strategy). In both groups, tidal volume size, use of prone positioning and neuromuscular blocking agents, and weaning from PEEP and from mechanical ventilation will be standardized. The primary endpoint of the study is a composite clinical outcome incorporating in-ICU mortality, 60-day ventilator-free days, and serum interleukin-6 concentration over the course of the initial 72 h of treatment.

Discussion: The IPERPEEP study is a randomized trial powered to elucidate whether an individualized PEEP setting protocol based on bedside assessment of lung recruitability can improve a composite clinical outcome during moderate-to-severe ARDS.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04012073 . Registered 9 July 2019.

Keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Mechanical ventilation; Positive end-expiratory pressure; Ventilator-induced lung injury.

Conflict of interest statement

MA and DLG declare a research grant by General Electric healthcare for the conduction of this study. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

© 2022. The Author(s).

Figures

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Standard Protocol Items: Recommendation for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) schedule of enrollment, interventions, and assessments. SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; CPIS, clinical pulmonary index score; RASS, Ramsay Agitation Sedation Scale; ICU, intensive care unit
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Graphical representation of study procedures before randomization and after randomization in the IPERPEEP arm

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