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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01373905
Date of registration: 08/06/2011
Primary sponsor: Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria
Public title: Stepwise Positive End Expiratory Pressure Elevation For Lung Recruitment in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Scientific title: Stepwise PEEP Elevation With Determination of the Alveolar Collapsing Pressure Versus Sustained Lung Inflation as a Recruitment Maneuver in Patients With ARDS
Date of first enrolment: January 2007
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01373905
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Egypt
Contacts
Name:   Ahmed M El-Mehalawy, MD
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Affiliation:  Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- ARDS

- lung injury score more than 2.5

- on mechanical ventilation

Exclusion Criteria:

- hemodynamic instability

- left heart failure

- pneumothorax

- COPD

- restrictive lung disease



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Recruitment maneuver
Primary Outcome(s)
All cause mortality [Time Frame: 30 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Efficacy [Time Frame: 24 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
Faculty of Medicine12.12.2006
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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