Multicentre randomized trial to determine whether tracheal high-flow nasal oxygen can improve weaning outcome vs. conventional oxygen therapy in critically ill tracheostomized patients who are hypoxemic.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
500
Oxygen supplementation delivered to the patient after disconnection from mechanical ventilation.
ICU, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS
Rome, Italy
Succesful weaning
proportion of patients weaned from mechanical ventilation at day 7 after randomization. Weaning is defined as being disconnected from the mechanical ventilator on day 7 and remaining off the ventilator for at least the subsequent 48 consecutive hours without reconnection.
Time frame: Day 7 after randomization
Succesful weaning - Day 28
1\. Proportion of patient successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation on day 28 after randomization
Time frame: Day 28 after randomization
Time to successful weaning from mechanical ventilation
Weaning from mechanical ventilation and not reconnected up to hospital discharge-alive at 90 days.
Time frame: 90 days
Number of reconnections required to the ventilator
Number of reconnections required to the ventilator before achieving succesful weaning.
Time frame: 90 days
Mechanical ventilation-free days
Days free of mechanical ventilation
Time frame: Day 28, 60 and 90
Intensive care unit-free days
Days in which the patient is not in the Intensive care unit
Time frame: Day 28, 60 and 90
In-intensive care unit mortality
Mortality in the intensive care unit
Time frame: 90 days
In-hospital care unit mortality
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Mortality at hospital discharge
Time frame: 90 days
90-day mortality
mortality at 90 days
Time frame: 90 days
Pneumonia
Rate of hospital-acquired pneumonia
Time frame: 90 days
Shock
Rate of shock
Time frame: 90 days
Time to decannulation
Time to successful decannulation of tracheostomy cannula
Time frame: 90 days