Critical Care, Critical Illness, Critical Illness Myopathy, Critical Illness Polyneuropathy, Intensive Care (ICU) Myopathy, Metabolomics, Muscle Weakness
Conditions
Keywords
Pilot Trial, Muscle Biopsy, Blood Metabolome
Brief summary
In this mono-center pilot trial, polytrauma patients admitted to intensive care will be included. Investigators are going to take blood and muscle samples at respecified time points to do metabolic, histological and molecular testing. Aim of the study is to investigate (1) changes of the blood metabolome in patients with ICUAW (intensive care unit acquired weakness) and (2) identify metabolic components who are responsible for ICUAW or can be used as marker for ICUAW.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* acute polytrauma patient * age ≥ 18 years old * expected intensive care stay ≥ 3 days * American Society of Anesthesiologists classification I or II
Exclusion criteria
* patient had received cardiopulmonary resuscitation * limitation of therapy or comfort care
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Metabolomics | a median of 14 days | Blood Metabolome will be isolated from blood samples. All samples will be screened for changes in the blood metabolome during muscle wasting (i.e. Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness) using mass spectrometry |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Muscle histology | a median of 14 days | Immunohistochemistry will be done in muscle samples. All samples will be screened for changes in the muscular structure and correlation with blood metabolome changes. |
| Phosphoproteomics | a median of 14 days | Phosphoproteomics will be done in muscle samples using mass spectrometry. All samples will be screened for influence of muscular changes (i.e. Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness (ICUAW)) and correlation with blood metabolome changes. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Identify possible predictors of muscle wasting in the blood metabolome at ICU admission | a median of 14 days | Identify metabolites or combinations of metabolites whose high or low concentration(s) at ICU admission associate(s) with the amount of muscle loss. These metabolites are candidate biomarkers that could be used to identify individuals at risk of large muscle wasting and may give further insights into the mechanisms of muscle wasting. |
Countries
Germany