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CompletedNCT03435913Updated Dec 17, 2019

Transpulmonary Driving Pressure and Intra-abdominal Pressure Relationship During Laparoscopic Surgery

An interventional study of Standard PEEP ventilation and Matched PEEP ventilation in Anesthesia, General/Methods, Laparoscopy and Respiration, Artificial, sponsored by Hospital Universitario La Fe. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-12-17.

Sponsored by Hospital Universitario La Fe · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Objective: The aim of this project is to evaluate how intra-abdominal pressure paired coupled with different ventilatory positive end-expiratory pressure levels affects the transpulmonary driving pressure during pneumoperiteneum insufflation for laparoscopic surgery.

Methodology: Patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery will be included. The study will investigate the relationship between intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) and transpulmonary driving pressure (TpDp) and the effect of titration of PEEP on their relationship.

At three different levels of intra-abdominal pressure, the respiratory driving pressure (RDp) and TpDp in each subject will be measured in each subject. The same subject will undergo two different ventilation strategies. Demographic data (height, weight, body mass index and sex), ASA physical status (surgical risk classification of the American Society of Anesthesiology), number of previous abdominal surgeries, number of previous pregnancies, and respiratory comorbidities will be collected. Respiratory pressures and mechanics will be recorded at each level of intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) during each ventilatory strategy. The variables recorded will include: airway pressures (Plateau pressure Pplat, Peak pressure, Ppeak), the final esophageal pressure of inspiration and expiration and pulmonary stress index. Mixed linear regression will be used to evaluate the relationship between different PEEP levels, IAP and TpDp by adjusting for known confounders and adding individuals as a random factor. Likewise, an analysis using a mixed linear regression model with the pulmonary stress index as a function of the intra-abdominal pressure, the ventilation regime, and a specific random intercept term for each subject will be performed.

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Conditions studied

  • Anesthesia, General/Methods
  • Laparoscopy
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration
  • End-Expiratory Pressure, Positive
  • Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury

Keywords

  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Driving Pressure
  • Protective Lung VEntilation
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In context

Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury

121 studies on the registry are indexed under Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury; 39 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 30 is below the median of 40 across 75 interventional studies indexed under Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury.

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Lead sponsor

Hospital Universitario La Fe is the lead sponsor of 39 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) risk scale I to III
  • Age > 18 years
  • Previously signed
  • Undergoing laparoscopic surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • ASA ≥ IV
  • Pregnancy
  • Advanced liver, kidney or cardiopulmonary disease
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Standard PEEP ventilation

    During pneumoeperitoneum insufflation the patient is ventilated with 7 ml/kg per ideal body weight, inspiration:expiration (I:E) ratio 1:2, and respiration rate (RR) to maintain EtCO2 at 35-38 mmHg and 5 cmH20 of PEEP at every intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) step (8, 12 and 15 mmHg).

    Other: Standard PEEP ventilation · Other: Matched PEEP ventilation

  • Experimental
    Matched PEEP Ventilation

    During pneumoeperitoneum insufflation the patient is ventilated with 7 ml/kg per ideal body weight, inspiration:expiration (I:E) ratio 1:2, and respiration rate (RR) to maintain EtCO2 at 35-38 mmHg and a level of PEEP matched to every IAP step (8, 12 and 15 mmHg). 1 mmHg = 1,36 cmH20. Between the standard and matched PEEP intervention there is a washout period that with a recruitment maneuver to re-establish baseline lung condition.

    Other: Standard PEEP ventilation · Other: Matched PEEP ventilation

Interventions

  • OtherStandard PEEP ventilation

    During mechanical ventilation a fixed PEEP (5 mcH2O) is set at all IAP levels during pneumoperitoneum insufflation

  • OtherMatched PEEP ventilation

    During mechanical ventilation PEEP is matched to IAP level

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Transpulmonary driving pressure (TpDp) difference between standard and matched PEEP ventilation

    TpDp (assessed in centimeters of water, cmH20) as assessed by ventilatory pressure and pleural pressure (recorded by an esophageal probe) is recorded at every intra-abdominal pressure level during pneumoperitoneum insufflation. The primary outcome is the difference between a standard perioperative management (fixed PEEP + 15 mmHg pneumoperitoneum pressure) and matched PEEP to intra-abdominal pressure and 8mmHg intra-abdominal pressure

    Time frame: Pneumoperitoneum insufflation before surgery (up to 30 minutes)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Transpulmonary driving pressure and intra-abdmominal pressure relationship (multivariate adaptive linear regression)

    TpDp (in cmH20) is recorded at different levels of IAP and with two different PEEP settings (in cmH20; two levels are: fixed at each IAP level, standard group and matched at each IAP level, matched group). The relationship between TpDp and IAP (both treated as continuous variables) at each PEEP level is plotted and a multiadaptive linear regression is fitted.

    Time frame: Pneumoperitoneum insufflation before surgery (up to 30 minutes)

  2. Transpulmonary driving pressure and respiratory driving pressure (RDp) relationship (multivariate adaptive linear regression).

    Respiratory driving pressure (transpulmonary driving pressure + pressure to move the chest wall, in cmH20, RpDp) and TpDp relationship at each IAP and PEEP level will be assessed. The relationship between TpDp and RpDp (both treated as continuous variables) at each PEEP level is plotted and a multiadaptive linear regression is fitted.

    Time frame: Pneumoperitoneum insufflation before surgery (up to 30 minutes)

  3. Respiratory system compliance (Crs) difference between standard and matched PEEP levels

    Respiratory system compliance measures the system's ability to stretch. It has two components Lung and Chest Wall (measured in milliliter/centimeters of water, ml/cmH20)

    Time frame: Pneumoperitoneum insufflation before surgery (up to 30 minutes)

  4. Pulmonary compliance (Cp) difference

    Respiratory system compliance measures the system's ability to stretch (ml/cmH20). It has two components Lung and Chest Wall (measured in milliliter/centimeters of water, ml/cmH20). By using an esophageal probe measurement the two can be partitioned and analyzed separately.

    Time frame: Pneumoperitoneum insufflation before surgery (up to 30 minutes)

  5. Chest wall compliance (CCw) difference

    Respiratory system compliance measures the system's ability to stretch (ml/cmH20). It has two components Lung and Chest Wall (measured in milliliter/centimeters of water, ml/cmH20). By using an esophageal probe measurement the two can be partitioned and analyzed separately.

    Time frame: Pneumoperitoneum insufflation before surgery (up to 30 minutes)

  6. Pulmonary Stress index difference

    Stress index is based on respiratory pressure curve analysis and assess whether the lungs are overdistended or collapsed

    Time frame: Pneumoperitoneum insufflation before surgery (up to 30 minutes)

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hospital Universitario La Fe
    Valencia, Spain
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References and documents

Publications

  • Neto AS, Hemmes SN, Barbas CS, Beiderlinden M, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Futier E, Gajic O, El-Tahan MR, Ghamdi AA, Gunay E, Jaber S, Kokulu S, Kozian A, Licker M, Lin WQ, Maslow AD, Memtsoudis SG, Reis Miranda D, Moine P, Ng T, Paparella D, Ranieri VM, Scavonetto F, Schilling T, Selmo G, Severgnini P, Sprung J, Sundar S, Talmor D, Treschan T, Unzueta C, Weingarten TN, Wolthuis EK, Wrigge H, Amato MB, Costa EL, de Abreu MG, Pelosi P, Schultz MJ; PROVE Network Investigators. Association between driving pressure and development of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for general anaesthesia: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Apr;4(4):272-80. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)00057-6. Epub 2016 Mar 4. Erratum In: Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Jun;4(6):e34. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30026-1. PubMed 26947624 ↗
  • Cortes-Puentes GA, Gard KE, Adams AB, Faltesek KA, Anderson CP, Dries DJ, Marini JJ. Value and limitations of transpulmonary pressure calculations during intra-abdominal hypertension. Crit Care Med. 2013 Aug;41(8):1870-7. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828a3bea. PubMed 23863222 ↗
  • Cinnella G, Grasso S, Spadaro S, Rauseo M, Mirabella L, Salatto P, De Capraris A, Nappi L, Greco P, Dambrosio M. Effects of recruitment maneuver and positive end-expiratory pressure on respiratory mechanics and transpulmonary pressure during laparoscopic surgery. Anesthesiology. 2013 Jan;118(1):114-22. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182746a10. PubMed 23196259 ↗
  • D'Antini D, Rauseo M, Grasso S, Mirabella L, Camporota L, Cotoia A, Spadaro S, Fersini A, Petta R, Menga R, Sciusco A, Dambrosio M, Cinnella G. Physiological effects of the open lung approach during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: focus on driving pressure. Minerva Anestesiol. 2018 Feb;84(2):159-167. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.17.12042-0. Epub 2017 Jul 5. PubMed 28679201 ↗

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

Ran from Apr 2018 to primary completion in Nov 2018, 7 months.

Of 40 interventional studies with no phase under Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury, half reached primary completion within 29 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 54. This study's 7 months is below that.

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Registered
Jan 30, 2018
First posted
Feb 19, 2018
StartActual
Apr 19, 2018
Primary completionActual
Nov 21, 2018
CompletionActual
Nov 21, 2018
Last update
Dec 17, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
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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 Dec 17, 2019, 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
NCT03435913
Lead sponsor
Hospital Universitario La Fe
Responsible party
Oscar Diaz-Cambronero (Anesthesiology Consultant, Hospital Universitario La Fe) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 19, 2018
Start date
Apr 19, 2018
Primary completion
Nov 21, 2018
Completion
Nov 21, 2018
Last update
Dec 17, 2019

Oversight

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