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Status unknownNCT03406598MICROEYEUpdated Sep 23, 2021

Bedside Visual Analysis of Sublingual Microcirculation in Shock Patients

An observational study in Shock, Sepsis and Hemorrhagic Shock, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Status unknown at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-09-23.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Observational

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Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
50
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 14 studies in Shock by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris — 3 open to participants now, 3 under way, none of them phase 3. Shock · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris.

Started
2018
with 1 other
Observational
7 of 14
3 open now
Registered
6th of 14
by date

Among the 14 studies in Shock by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, this one is one of 2 that started in 2018, is one of 7 observational ones, and was the 6th registered.

By phase

14 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.

Observationalthis study7 · 3 open
No phase5 · 0 open
Phase 31 · 0 open
Phase 41 · 0 open

By the year they started

First in 2004; this study’s year is marked. 2 started in 2018.

Size and results

Median enrollment 38 across the 7 interventional studies, 60 across the 7 observational. Of the 9 that completed or were terminated, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Study summary

In shock patients, fluid resuscitation, infusion of vasopressors and transfusion are guided on hemodynamic macrovascular parameters. Analysis of sublingual microcirculation in shock patients is predictive of mortality and organ dysfunction. To optimize the quality of the resuscitation in shock patients, it could be useful to have an assessment of sublingual microcirculation in addition to the macrovascular parameters usually assessed by the nurses. But, this requires to have a monitor of sublingual microcirculation easy to use and to analyze at the bedside.

The primary outcome of the present study is to test the ability of visual analysis of sublingual microcirculation by nurses to predict needs for fluid challenge, vasopressors or transfusion in patients in shock. After ICU admission and study inclusion, the nurses in charge of the patient will perform a set of measurements of macrocirculatory and microcirculatory parameters every 4 h during the first three days after ICU admission and before and after every hemodynamic therapeutic intervention, such as fluid challenge, transfusion of red blood cells or change in catecholamine rate.

The secondary outcomes are to test 1/ to test the ability of visual analysis of sublingual microcirculation to predict organ dysfunction (SOFA score), and 2/ to evaluate the relationship between hemodynamic macrovascular and microvascular parameters. Intensive care patients in shock who need sedation, mechanical ventilation and invasive hemodynamic monitoring (Pulse Contour Cardiac Output (PiCCO 2 device)) will be included. In addition, patients will be included only when patients will obviously stay more than 24 hours in the ICU.

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In shock patients, fluid resuscitation, infusion of vasopressors and transfusion are guided on hemodynamic macrovascular parameters as arterial pressure, cardiac output, lactate and diuresis. Analysis of sublingual microcirculation in shock patients is predictive of mortality and organ dysfunction. To optimize the quality of the resuscitation in shock patients, it could be useful to have an assessment of sublingual microcirculation in addition to the macrovascular parameters usually assessed by the nurses. But, this requires to have a monitor of sublingual microcirculation easy to use and to analyze at the bedside. In a previous study, using a side-stream dark-field (SDF) imaging device (Cytocam video microscope, Braedius®, Netherlands), the investigators have reported that a real-time nurse bedside qualitative evaluation of Microvascular flow index (MFI) had a good agreement with conventional delayed physician analysis, and was highly sensitive and specific for detecting impaired microvascular flow and low capillary density.

The primary outcome of the present study is to test the ability of visual analysis of sublingual microcirculation by nurses in patients in shock to predict needs for fluid challenge, vasopressors or transfusion.

The secondary outcomes are:

  1. To test the ability of visual analysis of sublingual microcirculation to predict organ dysfunction (SOFA score)
  2. To evaluate the relationship between hemodynamic macrovascular and microvascular parameters. The investigators will consider the macrovascular parameters usually collected by nurses each 4h: arterial pressure, heart rate, cardiac index, stroke volume index, global end-diastolic blood volume, extravascular lung water, the respiratory variations of pulse pressure (delta PP), lactate, hemoglobin, venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide differences (Pv-aCO2), diuresis and the microvascular parameters (MFI and capillary density).

Study design and measurements After ICU admission and study inclusion, the nurses in charge of the patient will perform a set of measurements of macrocirculatory and microcirculatory parameters every 4 h during the first three days after ICU admission and before and after every hemodynamic therapeutic intervention, such as fluid challenge, transfusion of red blood cells or change in catecholamine rate during this period.

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Conditions studied

  • Shock
  • Sepsis
  • Hemorrhagic Shock

Keywords

  • Shock
  • Microcirculation
  • Nurses
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Intensive care patients in shock who need sedation, mechanical ventilation and invasive hemodynamic monitoring (Pulse Contour Cardiac Output (PiCCO 2 device)).

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Inclusion criteria

  • Intensive care patients in shock who need sedation, mechanical ventilation and invasive hemodynamic monitoring (Pulse Contour Cardiac Output (PiCCO 2 device)).
  • In addition, patients will be included only when patients will obviously stay more than 24 hours in the ICU.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Maxillofacial trauma
  • Oral mucosal injuries preventing to perform the sublingual microcirculation monitoring.
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Patients in shock

    Analysis of sublingual microcirculation by nurses in ICU patients in shock to predict needs for fluid challenge, vasopressors or transfusion.

    Other: Patients in shock

Interventions

  • OtherPatients in shock

    Analysis of sublingual microcirculation by nurses in ICU patients in shock to predict needs for fluid challenge, vasopressors or transfusion.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Measured of Microvascular Flow Index (MFI)

    Each set of measurements will consist of three successive video sequences of 20 seconds at three different sites. The nurse will calculate the MFI score. The image will be divided into 4 quadrants and the vessels \<20 μm diameter will be assigned a score based on the predominant flow characteristics of the vessels in that quadrant (0 = absent flow; 1 = intermittent; 2 = sluggish; 3 = normal). The values in each quadrant are averaged to give an MFI score for each sublingual site at each time point

    Time frame: Every 4 hours during 3 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. SOFA score

    To test the ability of visual analysis of sublingual microcirculation to predict organ dysfunction

    Time frame: Every 4 hours during 3 days

  2. Hemodynamic macrovascular parameters

    To evaluate the relationship between hemodynamic macrovascular and microvascular parameters. We will consider the macrovascular parameters usually collected by nurses each 4h: arterial pressure, heart rate, cardiac index, stroke volume index, global end-diastolic blood volume, extravascular lung water, the respiratory variations of pulse pressure (delta PP), lactate, hemoglobin, venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide differences (Pv-aCO2), diuresis and the microvascular parameters (MFI and capillary density)

    Time frame: Every 4 hours during 3 days

  3. Hemodynamic microvascular parameters.

    To evaluate the relationship between hemodynamic macrovascular and microvascular parameters. We will consider the macrovascular parameters usually collected by nurses each 4h: arterial pressure, heart rate, cardiac index, stroke volume index, global end-diastolic blood volume, extravascular lung water, the respiratory variations of pulse pressure (delta PP), lactate, hemoglobin, venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide differences (Pv-aCO2), diuresis and the microvascular parameters (MFI and capillary density)

    Time frame: Every 4 hours during 3 days

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Département d'Anesthésie Réanimation
    Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Ile De France 94270, France
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • De Backer D, Donadello K, Sakr Y, Ospina-Tascon G, Salgado D, Scolletta S, Vincent JL. Microcirculatory alterations in patients with severe sepsis: impact of time of assessment and relationship with outcome. Crit Care Med. 2013 Mar;41(3):791-9. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182742e8b. PubMed 23318492 ↗
  • Tachon G, Harrois A, Tanaka S, Kato H, Huet O, Pottecher J, Vicaut E, Duranteau J. Microcirculatory alterations in traumatic hemorrhagic shock. Crit Care Med. 2014 Jun;42(6):1433-41. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000223. PubMed 24561562 ↗
  • Tanaka S, Harrois A, Nicolai C, Flores M, Hamada S, Vicaut E, Duranteau J. Qualitative real-time analysis by nurses of sublingual microcirculation in intensive care unit: the MICRONURSE study. Crit Care. 2015 Nov 6;19:388. doi: 10.1186/s13054-015-1106-3. PubMed 26542952 ↗
  • Massey MJ, Larochelle E, Najarro G, Karmacharla A, Arnold R, Trzeciak S, Angus DC, Shapiro NI. The microcirculation image quality score: development and preliminary evaluation of a proposed approach to grading quality of image acquisition for bedside videomicroscopy. J Crit Care. 2013 Dec;28(6):913-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.06.015. Epub 2013 Aug 21. PubMed 23972316 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Mar 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Oct 2021, 43 months after the start.

Of 120 non-industry observational studies under Shock, half reached primary completion within 26 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 52. This study's planned 43 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 127 studies reached it within 26 months; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 52.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 20, 2017
First posted
Jan 23, 2018
StartActual
Mar 2, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Oct 10, 2021
CompletionEst.
Oct 10, 2021
Last update
Sep 23, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 23, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03406598
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 23, 2018
Start date
Mar 2, 2018
Primary completion
Oct 10, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 10, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 23, 2021

Study contacts

Jacques DURANTEAU, PhD
Contact
jacques.duranteau@aphp.fr
+ 33 1 45 21 34 41
Anatole HARROIS, PhD
Contact
anatole.harrois@aphp.fr
+ 33 1 45 21 34 41
Jacques DURANTEAU, PhD
principal investigator · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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