NCT00911378

Pressure Support Reduction Versus Spontaneous Breathing Trials in Weaning From Ventilation

A Randomized Controlled Trial on Weaning by Pressure Support Reduction Versus Spontaneous Breathing Trials in a Respiratory ICU

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 130 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is a comparison of two most commonly used modes of weaning and the outcomes in the two groups.

Detailed description

Patients ventilated for more than 24 hours are randomized into two groups - one group of patients undergo gradual reduction of pressure support and in the other, T tube trials are used for weaning. The outcomes are compared in the two groups.

Conditions

• Respiration, Artificial
• Ventilator Weaning

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Pressure support ventilation	These patients are weaned by gradual reduction of pressure support and extubated when they tolerate a pressure support of 7 cm of water for one hour.
PROCEDURE	Spontaneous breathing trials	These patients are weaned by giving a T piece trial with 8 cm of water pressure support and extubated when they tolerate it for one hour.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-04-01
• Primary completion: 2009-09-01
• Completion: 2009-09-01
• First posted: 2009-06-01
• Last updated: 2009-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India