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CompletedNCT03624491Updated Mar 2, 2022

Esophageal Balloon Measurements to Better Characterize Thoraco-abdominal Interrelationship Mechanics.

An interventional study of Esophageal pressure measurement guided ventilation in Surgery, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-03-02.

Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Esophageal pressure measurements in surgical patients requiring mechanical ventilation during abdominal laparoscopic or robotic surgeries requiring intra-abdominal insufflation.

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Decades of research and clinical observation in mechanical ventilation have demonstrated unequivocally that tidal volume (VT), plateau pressure (PPLAT) and PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure) influence ventilator induced lung injury. Clinicians, however, have struggled in the attempt to find a single indicator of safety and risk. Recent analyses of the large multi-center randomized trials database suggest that Airway Driving Pressure (ADP) and Trans pulmonary Driving Pressure (DTP) are the variables of greatest importance and therefore the best single parameters on which to focus. In attempting to define their optimal values and their correlation between each other in the setting of intra-abdominal hypertension, we would like to compare standard of care mechanical ventilation (control) with mechanical ventilation guided by DTP and ADP (intervention) in patients undergoing abdominal laparoscopic surgery.

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Conditions studied

  • Surgery
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In context

Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic is the lead sponsor of 3,218 studies on the registry; 670 are open to participants now.

Of its 445 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 313 (70%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients requiring mechanical ventilation for abdominal laparoscopic and robotic surgeries.
  • Patients who are passively ventilated (no respiratory efforts) as a result of the sedation plan determined entirely by the primary anesthesia team --research team will not influence or participate on the sedation protocol plan or implementation.
  • Patients who are clinically stable and able to tolerate the changes in position that are routinely conducted as part of the standard of care in the operative room.
  • Patient/responsible family member signing the informed consent must speak English.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

  • Patients with open abdomen prior to surgical procedures.
  • Females of childbearing age (18-50) with the potential to become pregnant and no clinically documented negative pregnancy test.
  • Patients with clinically evident spontaneous breathing efforts (ventilator wave forms) during surgical procedure.
  • Patients with clinical suspicion of elevated intra-cranial pressure (requiring head elevation).
  • Contraindication to body position change, as dictated by surgery-specific protocol.
  • Unstable cardio-respiratory insufficiency.
  • Age less than 18 years.
  • Cuff leak in endotracheal / tracheostomy tube.
  • Patient/responsible family member unable to understand the informed consent in English.
  • Patient with contraindication for nasogastric tube placement:

    • Severe midface trauma
    • Recent nasopharyngeal surgery
    • Coagulation abnormality
    • Esophageal varices, stricture, ulcerations, or tumors
    • Recent banding of esophageal varices
    • Alkaline ingestion
    • Diverticulitis,
    • Sinusitis, epistaxis
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Standard of care mechanical ventilation

    Anesthesia and surgical procedures will be performed following standard of care for mechanical ventilation during surgery.

  • Active comparator
    Transpulmonary pressure guided mechanical ventilation

    Same treatment as the control group with the addition of esophageal pressure measurements used to guide mechanical ventilation during surgery.

    Other: Esophageal pressure measurement guided ventilation

Interventions

  • OtherEsophageal pressure measurement guided ventilation

    Use of esophageal pressure measurements to guide mechanical ventilation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Airway driving pressure guided mechanical ventilation determined by esophageal balloon catheter measurements.

    Optimizing the relationship between intra-abdominal pressure and both airway driving pressure and trans pulmonary driving pressure utilizing esophageal balloon measurements to guide mechanical ventilation.

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of one year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Mayo Clinic in Rochester
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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References and documents

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 2, 2022, 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
NCT03624491
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Responsible party
Richard A. Oeckler, M.D., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine and Physiology-Critical Care, Mayo Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 10, 2018
Start date
Mar 13, 2018
Primary completion
Feb 17, 2022
Completion
Feb 17, 2022
Last update
Mar 2, 2022

Study contacts

Richard A Oeckler, MD
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic

Oversight

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