Clinical Trial: Tolerance of nHFPV Versus nCPAP in Neonatal Respiratory Distress

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Tolerance of Nasal High Frequency Percussive Ventilation Versus Nasal CPAP in Neonatal Respiratory Distress in Term and Preterm (> 33 Weeks of Gestation) Neonates

Brief Summary:

Respiratory distress is the main cause of morbimortality in preterm and term neonates. In most of the case, these babies required the use of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) delivered by a non invasive device. Nasal continuous airway positive pressure (nCPAP) is widely used in neonatal intensive care unit. Nasal high frequency percussive ventilation (nHFPV) can be used as non invasive device to deliver PEEP, and improved lung clearance.

We hypothesized that nHFPV can be used to deliver PEEP in preterm and term newborn with respiratory distress with the same tolerance as nCPAP. To compare the tolerance of these devices we used cerebral tissue oxygenation (rSO2c) measured by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).


Detailed Summary:

The objective is to compare nHFPV versus nCPAP tolerance for providing PEEP in newborn respiratory distress.

High frequency percussive ventilation (HFPV) is a pressure limited, time-cycled, high-frequency mode of ventilation that delivers subphysiologic tidal volumes at rapid rates and that can be used via an endotracheal tube, a nasal probe or a face mask. In burned children, it has been shown to provide the same or improved oxygenation and ventilation at lower peak pressure when compared with conventional ventilation. In neonates, HFPV has been described in hyaline membrane disease and acute respiratory failure ventilation with improvement in oxygenation, significant decrease in PaCO2 and no change in central hemodynamics and we recently shown that nasal HFPV is more effective than nasal continuous positive airway pressure in transient tachypnea of the newborn. This stud is a cross-over clinical trial. For each patient enrolled, the 2 respiratory devices (nHFPV and nCPAP) were used one after the other for 15 minutes each. Randomization determines which device to use in first (group A nCPAP then nHFPV, group B (nHFPV then nCPAP). During the experiment, rSO2c is continuously recorded by NIRS, and oxygenation and capnia are monitored in a non invasive way by transcutaneous oxygen saturation and transcutaneous capnia measurement. Ventilators' setting (PEEP, FiO2) will be modified to achieve oxygen and capnia targets (SpO2 > 90%, and under 95% if FiO2>0.21, Capnia between 5 to 7 kPa). Duration of patient follow up is 30 minutes. After these 30 minutes, if PEEP is always needed, patients undergo nCPAP. If needed during the experiment, patients can receive mechanical ventilation (the criteria for mechanical ventilation are the same as those used in clinical practice).


Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux

Current Primary Outcome: Measurement of cerebral tissue oxygenation (rSO2c) by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). We compared the mean of the variation of rSO2c during the last 5 minutes for each device (nHFPV and nCPAP). [ Time Frame: 30 minutes after the inclusion ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: Measurement of transcutaneous capnia and oxygen saturation; variation of heart rate, breath rate and blood pressure; ventilators' setting (PEEP, FiO2). [ Time Frame: 30 minutes after the inclusion ]

Original Secondary Outcome: Measurement of transcutaneous capnia and oxygen saturation; variation of heart rate, breath rate and blood pressure; evolution of the Silvermann score; ventilators' setting (PEEP, FiO2). [ Time Frame: 30 minutes after the inclusion ]

Information By: University Hospital, Bordeaux

Dates:
Date Received: January 7, 2014
Date Started: May 2014
Date Completion: March 2016
Last Updated: July 22, 2015
Last Verified: July 2015