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Intensive care unit randomised trial comparing two approaches to oxygen therapy (UK-ROX)

Evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a conservative approach to oxygen therapy for invasively ventilated adults in intensive care

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN13384956
Enrollment
16500
Registered
2020-12-08
Start date
2021-05-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Invasive ventilation in intensive care Other

Interventions

Current interventions as of 20/04/2021: Patients will be randomly allocated ("randomized"), in a 1:1 ratio, to one of two treatment groups: conservative oxygen therapy (intervention) or usual oxygen t

Sponsors

Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged =18 years 2. Receiving invasive mechanical ventilation in the ICU following an unplanned ICU admission (i.e. not admitted after an elective procedure) OR invasive mechanical ventilation started in the ICU (i.e. the patient was intubated in the ICU) 3. Receiving supplemental oxygen (fractional inspired concentration of oxygen (FiO2) >0.21) at the time of enrolment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Previously randomised into UK-ROX in the last 90 days 2. The clinician considers that one study treatment arm is either indicated or contraindicated. Removed 20/04/2021: A data dictionary will contain relevant examples of conditions where clinicians may exclude patients (at their discretion) because conservative oxygen therapy is either indicated or contraindicated (e.g. chronic lung diseases, receiving hyperbaric oxygen, prior bleomycin exposure, carbon monoxide poisoning). Added 22/02/2021: 3. Currently receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Primary clinical outcome: 90-day all-cause mortality, assessed through review of patient medical notes at 90 days post-randomisation and/or data linkage with nationally held death registrations Primary economic outcome: Incremental costs, QALYs and net monetary benefit at 90 days, assessed by combining Health-related Quality of Life (EuroQol EQ-5D-5L questionnaire) data with valued resource use data obtained via a health services questionnaire and data obtained through linkage with national hospital episode statistics, death registrations and the national clinical audit for adult critical care.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. ICU and hospital mortality (censored at 90 days), assessed through review of patient medical notes at the relevant timepoints and/or data linkage with nationally held death registrations 2. Mortality at 60 days and 1 year, assessed through review of patient medical notes at the relevant timepoints and/or data linkage with nationally held death registrations 3. Duration of ICU and acute hospital stay (censored at 90 days), assessed through data linkage with the national clinical audit for adult critical care 4. Days alive and free from organ support at 30 days (an ordinal outcome with death as the worst outcome). Defined as receipt of respiratory, cardiovascular or renal support within critical care according to the Critical Care Minimum Dataset (added 30/10/2024) 5. Health-related quality of life at 90 days, assessed using the EuroQol EQ-5D-5L questionnaire administered to patients at 90 days 6. Resource use and costs at 90 days, assessed by valuing resource use data obtained via a health services questionnaire administered to patients at 90 days and data linkage with national hospital episode statistics and the national clinical audit for adult critical care 7. Estimated lifetime incremental cost-effectiveness, estimated by combining 90-day HrQoL data with valued resource use data obtained via a health services questionnaire at 90 days, data obtained through linkage with national hospital episode statistics, death registrations and the national clinical audit for adult critical care

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactTasnin Shahid
tasnin.shahid@icnarc.org+44 (0)20 7269 9277

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026