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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00284102
Date of registration: 30/01/2006
Primary sponsor: Policlinico Hospital
Public title: PEEP Test and Gas Exchange in ALI/ARDS Patients
Scientific title: Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) Test and Gas Exchange in ALI/ARDS Patients
Date of first enrolment: January 2006
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00284102
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:   Davide Chiumello, MD
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Affiliation:  Policlinico Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- ALI/ARDS patients requiring mechanical ventilation

Exclusion Criteria:

- Hemodynamic instability

- Barotrauma



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Mechanical ventilation
Primary Outcome(s)
Gas exchange, dead space, respiratory mechanics [Time Frame: 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes from PEEP change]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
1700
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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