Trial of an Alternate Mode of Providing Artificial Breaths to Children With Very Severe Pneumonia

Summary

This study attempts to study a new ventilation mode in children with Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Despite decades of research, no intervention has brought about a significant decrease in ARDS mortality. Moreover, most of the studies are adult-based and have been extrapolated to children. Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) mode is hypothesized to be superior in terms of lower need for sedation, shorter duration of mechanical ventilation, etc. It is unique and the first worldwide randomized controlled trial on APRV mode in children. We plan to recruit a minimum of 50 children aged (1 month-12 years) in each group. The study is to be conducted at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh between March 2014 to March 2016. This trial would recruit children with respiratory failure and early ARDS and, randomize them to receive either conventional ventilation or the APRV mode. Rest of the supportive care has also been protocolized so that both groups receive treatment as per the existing best practices in every aspect. The primary outcome being studied is the number of ventilator-free days. The secondary outcomes include length of PICU stay, hospital stay, organ-failure free days, 28 day \& 3 month survival, biomarkers of lung injury (IL-6, IL-8, Angiopoeitin-2, soluble-ICAM-1, etc), functional status, Pulmonary function tests, etc. Funding request would be sent to the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India. Assessing lung biomarkers like Interleukin-6 would assess the role of different modes of ventilation in acting as triggers for multi-organ dysfunction as well as for worsening lung injury. This pathbreaking research is likely to open up new avenues upon completion.

Timeline

Start

2014-02

Primary completion

2016-06

Completion

2016-12

Publications

• Background Andrews P, Habashi N. Airway pressure release ventilation. Curr Probl Surg. 2013 Oct;50(10):462-70. doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2013.08.010. No abstract available.
• Background Andrews PL, Shiber JR, Jaruga-Killeen E, Roy S, Sadowitz B, O'Toole RV, Gatto LA, Nieman GF, Scalea T, Habashi NM. Early application of airway pressure release ventilation may reduce mortality in high-risk trauma patients: a systematic review of observational trauma ARDS literature. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Oct;75(4):635-41. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31829d3504.
• Background Emr B, Gatto LA, Roy S, Satalin J, Ghosh A, Snyder K, Andrews P, Habashi N, Marx W, Ge L, Wang G, Dean DA, Vodovotz Y, Nieman G. Airway pressure release ventilation prevents ventilator-induced lung injury in normal lungs. JAMA Surg. 2013 Nov;148(11):1005-12. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.3746.
• Background Roy SK, Emr B, Sadowitz B, Gatto LA, Ghosh A, Satalin JM, Snyder KP, Ge L, Wang G, Marx W, Dean D, Andrews P, Singh A, Scalea T, Habashi N, Nieman GF. Preemptive application of airway pressure release ventilation prevents development of acute respiratory distress syndrome in a rat traumatic hemorrhagic shock model. Shock. 2013 Sep;40(3):210-6. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0b013e31829efb06.
• Background Roy S, Habashi N, Sadowitz B, Andrews P, Ge L, Wang G, Roy P, Ghosh A, Kuhn M, Satalin J, Gatto LA, Lin X, Dean DA, Vodovotz Y, Nieman G. Early airway pressure release ventilation prevents ARDS-a novel preventive approach to lung injury. Shock. 2013 Jan;39(1):28-38. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0b013e31827b47bb.
• Lalgudi Ganesan S, Jayashree M, Chandra Singhi S, Bansal A. Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Nov 1;198(9):1199-1207. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201705-0989OC.

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