NCT02512744

Reducing Decannulation Time: Limitation of Decannulation Capping Trials (REDECAP)

Reducing Decannulation Time in Critically-ill Tracheostomized Patients: Decannulation Capping Trial Protocol vs Frequency Aspiration Protocol (REDECAP)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 330 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital Virgen de la Salud · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Multicenter randomized trial centered on critically-ill tracheostomized patients, comparing two different decannulation protocols: 1. based on capping trials to decide decannulation, 2. based on the aspiration frequency to decide decannulation time. High-flow conditioned oxygen therapy will be applied to all patients through the tracheal cannula. In patients included in the suctioning frequency based protocol along the study period and in patients included in the capping trial protocol along periods out of capping trials.

Conditions

• Tracheostomy
• Airway Management
• Respiratory Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Decannulation protocol.	Comparison of two different decannulation protocols: one protocol based on capping trial tolerance to decide when to decannulate vs. protocol based on suctioning frequency of respiratory secretions to decide when to decannulate (criteria: ≤2 aspirations every 8 h along 24 consecutive hours).
DEVICE	High flow conditioned oxygen therapy	High flow conditioned oxygen therapy will be applied during all study period through tracheal cannula in the experimental arm (suctioning frequency based protocol) and during periods out of capping trials in the control arm (capping trials based protocol).

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-01
• Primary completion: 2018-05-01
• Completion: 2018-05-01
• First posted: 2015-07-31
• Last updated: 2018-08-07

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: Spain