Clinical Decision Support Tool in PARDS Pilot Study

Description

Previous clinical trials in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have demonstrated that ventilator management choices can improve Intensive Care Unit (ICU) mortality and shorten time on mechanical ventilation. This study seeks to scale an established Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tool to facilitate dissemination and implementation of evidence-based research in mechanical ventilation of infants and children with pediatric ARDS (PARDS). This will be accomplished by using CDS tools developed and deployed in Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) which are based on the best available pediatric evidence, and are currently being used in an NHLBI funded single center randomized controlled trial (NCT03266016, PI: Khemani). Without CDS, there is significant variability in ventilator management of PARDS patients both between and within Pediatric ICUs (PICUs), but clinicians are willing to accept CDS recommendations. The CDS tool will be deployed in multiple PICUs, targeting enrollment of up to 180 children with PARDS. Study hypotheses: 1. The CDS tool in will be implementable in nearly all participating sites 2. There will be \> 80% compliance with CDS recommendations and 3. The investigators can implement automatic data capture and entry in many of the ICUs Once feasibility of this CDS tool is demonstrated, a multi-center validation study will be designed, which seeks to determine whether the CDS can result in a significant reduction in length of mechanical ventilation (LMV).

Conditions

Ventilation Therapy; Complications, Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury, Ards

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Previous clinical trials in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have demonstrated that ventilator management choices can improve Intensive Care Unit (ICU) mortality and shorten time on mechanical ventilation. This study seeks to scale an established Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tool to facilitate dissemination and implementation of evidence-based research in mechanical ventilation of infants and children with pediatric ARDS (PARDS). This will be accomplished by using CDS tools developed and deployed in Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) which are based on the best available pediatric evidence, and are currently being used in an NHLBI funded single center randomized controlled trial (NCT03266016, PI: Khemani). Without CDS, there is significant variability in ventilator management of PARDS patients both between and within Pediatric ICUs (PICUs), but clinicians are willing to accept CDS recommendations. The CDS tool will be deployed in multiple PICUs, targeting enrollment of up to 180 children with PARDS. Study hypotheses: 1. The CDS tool in will be implementable in nearly all participating sites 2. There will be \> 80% compliance with CDS recommendations and 3. The investigators can implement automatic data capture and entry in many of the ICUs Once feasibility of this CDS tool is demonstrated, a multi-center validation study will be designed, which seeks to determine whether the CDS can result in a significant reduction in length of mechanical ventilation (LMV).

A Computerized Decision Support Tool for Ventilator Management in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Pilot Study

Clinical Decision Support Tool in PARDS Pilot Study

Condition
Ventilation Therapy; Complications
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Chicago

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Indianapolis

Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

Hershey

Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033

Salt Lake City

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112

Madison

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53715

Milwaukee

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Children \> 1 month of age and \>44 weeks gestation and ≤ 18 years of age AND
  • * Supported on mechanical ventilation with pulmonary parenchymal disease (i.e. Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS)) with Oxygen Saturation Index (OSI) ≥ 5) or Oxygenation Index (OI) ≥ 4 AND
  • * Who are within 72 hours of initiation of invasive mechanical ventilation AND
  • * Who are anticipated to require \>72 hours mechanical ventilation.
  • * Conditions on enrollment that preclude conventional methods of weaning (i.e., status asthmaticus, severe lower airway obstruction, bronchiolitis, critical airway, Extra Corporeal Life Support (ECLS), intubation for Upper Airway Obstruction, Do Not Resuscitate orders, severe chronic respiratory failure, spinal cord injury above lumbar region, cyanotic heart disease (unrepaired or palliated)) OR
  • * Conditions precluding the use of permissive hypercapnia or hypoxemia (i.e. intracranial hypertension, severe pulmonary hypertension)
  • * Primary Attending physician refuses to enroll the patient

Ages Eligible for Study

1 Month to 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Children's Hospital Los Angeles,

Christopher J Newth, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Study Record Dates

2025-07-01