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Prevalence of Prone Positioning Use in ARDS Patients

Prospective Study on the Prevalence on the Use of Prone Positioning in ARDS Patients

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02842788
Acronym
APRONET
Enrollment
736
Registered
2016-07-25
Start date
2016-04-30
Completion date
2017-01-31
Last updated
2018-03-12

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

Conditions

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Keywords

prone position, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), mechanical ventilation, ICU, prevalence

Brief summary

Prone positioning has been shown to improve survival in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, a recent large observational study found that prone positioning was used in only 7% of all ARDS patients, and 16% in the severe category. However, this study did not focus on the prone position per se. In present study, the investigators would like to explore the rate of use of prone positioning in ARDS patients and the reasons why this treatment was not applied. The present study is one-day prevalence study repeated four times over one year. The hypothesis is that the rate of use of prone position is greater than 50% in the severe ARDS category.

Interventions

PROCEDUREProne positioning

Turning the patient face down for several consecutive hours

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* 1.ARDS criteria (Berlin definition) fulfilled the day of the study, whatever the ARDS stage. The onset of ARDS could have been established at any time between ICU admission and study day but ARDS criteria must be still present the day of the study. The ARDS criteria are listed below * Within 1 week of a known clinical insult or new or worsening respiratory symptoms * Bilateral opacities-not fully explained by effusions, lobar/lung collapse, or nodules * Respiratory failure not fully explained by cardiac failure or fluid overload. Need objective assessment (eg, echocardiography) to exclude hydrostatic edema if no risk factor present * 2.PaO2/FIO2 ≤ 300 with PEEP ≥ 5 cmH2O * 3.Age ≥ 18 years * 4.Intubated or tracheotomized and mechanically ventilated

Exclusion criteria

* Patient non intubated the day of the study * No criteria for ARDS the day of the study even if these criteria were present between ICU admission and day of the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Prevalence of the use of the prone position in ARDSDay 1Number of patients with ARDS receiving prone position divided by number of patients with ARDS on the day of the study

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Prevalence of the use of the prone position in each ARDS categoryDay 1Number of patients with ARDS in each category receiving prone position divided by number of patients with ARDS in each category on the day of the study
Occurence of reasons for not using prone position in ARDS patientsDay 1Reasons: No severe hypoxemia for the clinician, Intracranial hypertension, Mean arterial pressure \< 65 mmHg, Unstable fractures, Pneumothorax with previous single drain, External cardiac stimulation or internal pacemaker inserted for less than 48 hours, Tracheotomy for less than 15 days (not for access to airways for the current mechanical ventilation purpose), Severe facial trauma or facial surgery in the last 15 days, Sternotomy in the last 15 days, Venous thrombosis treated by anticoagulant molecule for less than 48 hours, Massive hemoptysis requiring interventional radiology or other emergency procedure, Pregnant woman, Excess in workload, Other reason
PaO2Day 1oxygenation (PaO2) to assess the physiological response to the prone position session
PaO2/FIO2Day 1oxygenation (PaO2/FIO2) to assess the physiological response to the prone position session
Duration of prone position sessionDay 1Difference between time of onset to time of end (consecutive hours)

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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