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Pupillometry in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Evaluation of Pupillometry to Assess Analgesia in Children Unable to Communicate Verbally in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02847195
Acronym
Pupillomètre
Enrollment
66
Registered
2016-07-28
Start date
2014-12-02
Completion date
2019-07-02
Last updated
2020-03-30

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Conditions

Pediatric Intensive Care

Keywords

pediatric intensive care, pain assessment, tracheal aspiration, sedation, pupillometer

Brief summary

Assess the depth of sedation and analgesia in pediatric intensive care is critical to the management of intubated patients under mechanical ventilation. The responsiveness of the pupil is changed by the sedation and analgesia. Measuring the pupil diameter is proposed in anesthesia and intensive care to assess the quality of analgesia in adult population. Visually measuring the diameter of the pupil remains very imprecise, but this measure can be accurately and quickly performed thanks to portable devices called Pupillometers. Some devices including Algiscan® device (IdMed ) can measure in addition to the pupil diameter, the variation of pupil diameter, the latency of the pupillary reflex and the maximum speed of contraction. Pupillometry was tested in adult ICU patients, during painful and painless procedures \[1\]. In this study, pupillometry was more sensitive for detecting pain compared to the change in heart rate or bispectral index. The objective of this work is to perform measurements of pupil diameter during painful procedures (e.g. tracheal aspiration) in PICU. In parallel we will continue using the Comfort B-scale (has been validated for assessment of pain in children admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit \[2-5\] and compare the results of both types of assessment pain.

Interventions

DEVICEpupillometry

This is a safe and painless examination (the device is simply placed on the orbit of the eye). The optical pupillometer is cleaned by doctors before and after each use, using cleaning wipes containing antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal drugs; such wipes are already in use in the service for cleaning equipment.

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* children (age \< 18 years) hospitalized in PICU * sedated because they are receiving mechanical ventilation, * for whom parents (or their representatives) have given their oral consent after written information.

Exclusion criteria

* children receiving curare drugs * with congenital or acquired neurological, * with ophthalmologic pathology * or who does not benefit from social insurance coverage.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
pupillary diameterDay 1Estimate the performances of the variation of the pupillary diameter to assess pain in children admitted in PICU in comparison to results from the COMFORT-B scale taken as reference. Pupillometry is assessed using a specific device the Neurolight™ (ID MED™, France), (diagnostic test under evaluation), and compared to pain assessment using the score Comfort B scale ( hetero score assessment of pain in children sedated routinely used in PICU to evaluate pain).
Comfort B ScoreDay 1Estimate the performances of the variation of the pupillary diameter to assess pain in children admitted in PICU in comparison to results from the COMFORT-B scale taken as reference. Pupillometry is assessed using a specific device the Neurolight™ (ID MED™, France), (diagnostic test under evaluation), and compared to pain assessment using the score Comfort B scale ( hetero score assessment of pain in children sedated routinely used in PICU to evaluate pain).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Latency timeDay 1Latency time assessed by the video pupillometer
pupil diameter variationDay 1Pupil diameter variation assessed by the video pupillometer
diameter variation timeDay 1Diameter variation time assessed by the video pupillometer

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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