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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Acute Pulmonary Edema

Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Short Term Inhospital Prognosis for Acute Pulmonary Edema

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00554580
Acronym
CPAP
Enrollment
208
Registered
2007-11-07
Start date
2004-10-31
Completion date
2008-07-31
Last updated
2010-03-30

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Conditions

Congestive Heart Failure, Dyspnea, Paroxysmal, Pulmonary Edema

Keywords

continuous positive airway pressure, outcome measure, clinical trial

Brief summary

The investigators hypothesise that CPAP + pharmaceutical treatment, compared to pharmaceutical treatment alone, improves the respiratory and hemodynamic status of the patients before H2 after the inclusion time and decreases the rate of death and tracheal intubation during the first 48 hours.

Detailed description

Patients are included at home after informed consent by the emergency medical team and transported during the following 2 hours to a cardiac intensive care unit were the treatment is purchased as well. Randomization process has been done previously with envelopes ; group A : pharmaceutical treatment alone , B pharmaceutical plus CPAP. Medical treatment includes furosemide and nitroglycerin (continuous perfusion and bolus), inotropes if needed, and all other specific treatment required (ex : anti antiarrhythmic drugs). Doses are free, adapted to the clinical response for respiratory and hemodynamic distress. CPAP is a passive high flow venturi system device alimented by a hyperbaric oxygen. FiO2 can be controlled and adapted to the pulsed oxygen saturation. PEP must be initially celled at least at 7.5 cmH2O and increased to 10 if well tolerated.

Interventions

PROCEDUREContinuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)

Usual treatment of acute pulmonary oedema (see arm A) + CPAP will be administered without interruption for at least one hour and will be stopped for efficacy: stade I or II KILLIP classification and FR less or equal to 25 /min and SpO2 larger than 90 % ambient air and patient willing the stop of CPAP because of improvement of his clinical status.

PROCEDUREusual care of acute pulmonary oedema

Usual treatment of acute pulmonary oedema including : Oxygen, diuretic minimum one bolus IV of 40 mg FUROSEMIDE (LASILIX) possibility to repeat the dose every 15 minutes with a maximum 120 mg. Bolus of ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE (RISORDAN) of 1 mg maybe repeated every 3 minutes. As soon as possible perfusion of ISDN with flow adapted to the clinical status If necessary administration of DOBUTAMINE continuous perfusion of to 5 to 20 µg/kg/min.

Sponsors

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* age \> 18 * acute respiratory insufficiency with hypoxia in air * KILLIP score from 2 to 4 * absence of known ST elevation acute coronary syndrome * accepted inform consent.

Exclusion criteria

* age \< 18 * immediate intubation criteria (bradypnea, coma status) * refractory shock

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Composite criteria includes during the first 48 hours : death, tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation rates, persistence of inclusion criteria for respiratory distress and shock until H2, reappearance of inclusion criteria after H2.48 hours

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
brain natriuretic factor value curves from H0, H6 and H24; composite criteria without intubation rate; clinical and biological parameters evolution during the first 48 hours, myocardial infarction rate, CPAP non tolH0, H6, H24, H48

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026