High versus low positive end-expiratory pressure setting in patients receiving veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome : study protocol for the multicentre, randomised ExPress SAVER Trial

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INTRODUCTION: While limiting the tidal volume to 6 mL/kg during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) to ameliorate lung injury in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is widely accepted, the best setting for positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is still controversial. This study is being conducted to investigate whether a higher PEEP setting (15 cmH2O) during V-V ECMO can decrease the duration of ECMO support needed in patients with severe ARDS, as compared with a lower PEEP setting.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The study is an investigator-initiated, multicentre, open-label, two-arm, randomised controlled trial conducted with the participation of 20 intensive care units (ICUs) at academic as well as non-academic hospitals in Japan. The subjects of the study are patients with severe ARDS who require V-V ECMO support. Eligible patients will be randomised equally to the high PEEP group or low PEEP group. Recruitment to the study will continue until a total of 210 patients with ARDS requiring V-V ECMO support have been randomised. In the high PEEP group, PEEP will be set at 15 cmH2O from the start of V-V ECMO until the trials for liberation from V-V ECMO (or until day 28 after the allocation), while in the low PEEP group, the PEEP will be set at 5 cmH2O. Other treatments will be the same in the two groups. The primary endpoint of the study is the number of ECMO-free days until day 28, defined as the length of time (in days) from successful libration from V-V ECMO to day 28. The secondary endpoints are mortality on day 28, in-hospital mortality on day 60, ventilator-free days during the first 60 days and length of ICU stay.

ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval for the trial at all the participating hospitals was obtained on 27 September 2022, by central ethics approval (IRB at Hiroshima University Hospital, C2022-0006). The results of this study will be presented at domestic and international medical congresses, and also published in scientific journals.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: The Japan Registry of Clinical Trials jRCT1062220062. Registered on 28 September 2022.

PROTOCOL VERSION: 28 March 2023, version 4.0.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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BMJ open - 13(2023), 10 vom: 18. Okt., Seite e072680

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nishikimi, Mitsuaki [VerfasserIn]
Ohshimo, Shinichiro [VerfasserIn]
Hamaguchi, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Fujizuka, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Hagiwara, Yoshihiro [VerfasserIn]
Anzai, Tatsuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Ishii, Junki [VerfasserIn]
Ogata, Yoshitaka [VerfasserIn]
Aokage, Toshiyuki [VerfasserIn]
Ikeda, Tokuji [VerfasserIn]
Yagi, Tsukasa [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Ginga [VerfasserIn]
Ishikura, Ken [VerfasserIn]
Katsuta, Ken [VerfasserIn]
Konno, Daisuke [VerfasserIn]
Hattori, Noriyuki [VerfasserIn]
Nakamura, Tomoyuki [VerfasserIn]
Matsumura, Yosuke [VerfasserIn]
Kasugai, Daisuke [VerfasserIn]
Kikuchi, Hitoshi [VerfasserIn]
Iino, Tatsuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Kai, Shinichi [VerfasserIn]
Hashimoto, Haruka [VerfasserIn]
Yoshida, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Igarashi, Yumi [VerfasserIn]
Ogura, Takayuki [VerfasserIn]
Matsumura, Kazuki [VerfasserIn]
Shimizu, Keiki [VerfasserIn]
Nakamura, Mitsunobu [VerfasserIn]
Ichiba, Shingo [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Kunihiko [VerfasserIn]
Shime, Nobuaki [VerfasserIn]

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Adult thoracic medicine
Clinical Trial Protocol
Clinical trial
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Respiratory infections

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Date Completed 23.10.2023

Date Revised 29.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072680

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NLM363452621