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Chest TraumaNCT05342103

High Flow Nasal Oxygenation Versus Non-invasive Ventilation for Patients With Blunt Chest Trauma

A study testing high flow oxygenation in people with Chest Trauma, run by Huda Fahmy Mahmoud, PhD at 1 site in Egypt.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Chest trauma remains an issue for health services for both severe and apparently mild trauma management. Severe chest trauma is associated with high mortality and is liable for 25% of mortality in multiple traumas. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 60 years
Conditions the study is for
Chest Trauma
What is being tested?
high flow oxygenation
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteEgypt
Study dates
1 Nov 2021to 19 Jan 2023
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 60 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Rib fractures, pulmonary contusion, and admission within 24 h of injury
  • Hypoxemia (SpO2 90 % while breathing 10 l/min oxygen in the ER), or hypercapnia (PaCO2 45 mm Hg) on study entry
  • respiratory rate 25/ min despite an optimized intravenous analgesia
  • No indication of mechanical ventilation at the time of admission to the intensive care unit

Who cannot join

  • Patients < 18 years old
  • Patient already admitted to ICU on mechanical ventilation
  • requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation immediately on admission for any cause
  • facial fractures or base of skull fractures
  • Who did not receive a chest computed tomography (CT) scan
  • Glasgow Coma Scale ≤ 12

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Egypt1 site
  • Huda Fahmy

    Aswān, 81511

Other trials in Egypt

About this study

Official title: High Flow Nasal Oxygenation Versus Non-invasive Ventilation for Patients With Blunt Chest Trauma: A Comparative Study

Chest trauma remains an issue for health services for both severe and apparently mild trauma management. Severe chest trauma is associated with high mortality and is liable for 25% of mortality in multiple traumas. Moreover, mild trauma is also associated with significant morbidity, especially in patients with preexisting conditions. Thus, whatever the severity, a fast-acting strategy must be organized. In order to improve the prognosis of patients with severe chest trauma, early and continuous application of non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) can indeed reduce the need for intubation and shorten intensive care unit length-of-stay. Among different mechanisms, the early use of positive end-expiratory pressure after chest trauma, when feasible, seems mandatory to optimize oxygenation and improve clinical outcomes. Indeed, interventions aimed at preventing ARDS after chest trauma carry the greatest potential to reduce the substantial morbidity, mortality, and resource utilization associated with this syndrome.

Read the detailed description

In the past years, High-flow nasal cannula oxygen (HFNC) has gained an important popularity among intensivest to manage patients with acute respiratory failure, filling a gap in the ventilatory support escalation between facemask oxygen and non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation. Interestingly, the use of HFNC was widely and rapidly adopted in ICUs.A unique feature of HFNC is its ability to comfortably deliver high flows of warmed humidified gas, 20-70 L min, with a FiO2 range of 0.21-1.0. Physiological responses to HFNC therapy include increases in airway pressure, end-expiratory lung volume (EELV), and oxygenation which are probably optimal with higher flows (60-70 L/min), while the effects on dead-space washout work of breathing, and respiratory rate may be obtained with intermediate flows (20-45 L/min).

Many studies have found that high flow nasal oxygen is much better tolerated by patients compared to non-invasive ventilation, which may improve compliance. Nevertheless, there is no clear consensus on the treatment outcomes (such as intubation rate, escalated respiratory support rate, and mortality) of high flow nasal oxygenation versus non-invasive ventilation for patients with traumatic chest injuries.

Conditions
Chest Trauma
Being tested
high flow oxygenation
Medical subject headings
Thoracic Injuries

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • high flow oxygenationProcedure or surgery

    All patients will have FiO2 started at 0.4 and titrated to maintain oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≥ 95%.

Study groups in NCT05342103
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) groupActive comparatorAll patients will have FiO2 started at 0.4 and titrated to maintain oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≥ 95%. The flow rate will be set at 60 L/min
Receives: Procedure: high flow oxygenation
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) groupActive comparatorAll patients will have FiO2 started at 0.4 and titrated to maintain oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≥ 95%. Pressure will be set to 3 cm H2O for 5 minutes, then titrated according to patient comfort and tolerance, as well as clinical observation
Receives: Procedure: high flow oxygenation

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. the rate of intubation for mechanical ventilation

    Intubation criteria included a respiratory rate of >40 breaths per minute, signs of increased breathing effort, SpO2 of <90% despite high FiO2 or acidosis with a pH of <7.35,occurrence of hemodynamic instability or deterioration of neurologic status.

    Measured: 48 hours

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. the Comfort levels with the different modes of oxygen delivery

    will be measured using a 5-point with Likert Scale (marked improvement, slight improvement, no change, slight deterioration, or marked deterioration)

    Measured: 48 hours

  2. the perceived effort of breathing with the different modes of oxygen delivery

    will be measured using the modified Borg Scale (0-10)

    Measured: 48 hours

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted22 Apr 2022
  2. Study start1 Nov 2021
  3. Primary completion19 Jan 2023
  4. Study completion19 Jan 2023

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
The patients will be randomly allocated into two groups; patients will receive high-flow nasal oxygenation via nasal cannula (HFNC) or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
40 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05342103
Sponsor's protocol ID
559/9/2021
Status last verified
Nov 2022
First submitted
18 Apr 2022
Last updated
20 Jan 2023
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing high flow oxygenation in people with Chest Trauma, run by Huda Fahmy Mahmoud, PhD at 1 site in Egypt.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Jan 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

the rate of intubation for mechanical ventilation (time frame: 48 hours). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Jan 2023.

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