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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR1578
Date of registration: 10/12/2008
Primary sponsor: Medisch Spectrum Twente
Public title: Critical Illness Polyneuromyopathy - The effect of electrical nerve stimulation.
Scientific title: Critical Illness Polyneuromyopathy - The effect of electrical nerve stimulation. - CIPM08
Date of first enrolment: 1/2/2009
Target sample size: 10
Recruitment status: pending
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=1578
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: None; Control: Not applicable; Group: Parallel; Type: 2 or more arms, non-randomized  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: J  Vermeijden
Address:  Haaksbergerstraat 55 7513 ER Enschede The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)534872000
Email: j.vermeijden@ziekenhuis-mst.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: J  Vermeijden
Address:  Haaksbergerstraat 55 7513 ER Enschede The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)534872000
Email: j.vermeijden@ziekenhuis-mst.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age above 18 years;

2. aortic surgery;

3. mitral valve repair or replacement surgery;

4. double valve surgery;

5. coronary artery surgery with poor left ventricle function;

6. patients scheduled for cardiovascular surgery with chronic kidney failure or kidney-function disorders;

7. COPD patients scheduled for cardiovascular surgery with FEV1 < 1.5 Liter;

8. patients with preexisting pulmonary disorders scheduled for cardiovascular surgery;

9. admission at thoracic ICU;

10. obtained informed consent.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Existing neuropathy or myopathy;

2. not having 4 limbs.


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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Critical Illness polyneuromyopathy

Intervention(s)
Electrical nerve stimulation of the N. peroneus communis on one leg. Randomization determines whether the dominant or non-dominant leg is stimulated. Stimulation will be applied daily for 30 minutes on 9 weekdays.
Primary Outcome(s)
Difference in muscle force (percentage) between stimulated and non-stimulated legs on day 1 and day 10.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Values of electrophysiological features, such as:

1. CMAP;

2. SNAP;

3. conduction velocity;

4. MUAPs;

5. spontaneous EMG acitivity;

6. direct muscle stimulation (DMS).
Secondary ID(s)
P08-50
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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