Strategy to Avoid Excessive Oxygen in Major Burn Patients

NCT04534972 | Active Not Recruiting Phase 3

• 1 other identifier: 19-2799
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 6

Brief Summary

The objective is to determine the effectiveness of a multimodal educational intervention to reduce supplemental oxygen use in major burn patients. Investigators will also evaluate the safety and clinical effectiveness of the more targeted use of oxygen therapy.

Conditions

Critical Illness; Wounds and Injury; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes

Keywords

hypoxia; hyperoxia; burn; critical illness; supplemental oxygen; oxygenation; SpO2; PaO2; FiO2; normoxia; hypoxemia; hyperoxemia; normoxemia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Supplemental Oxygen Free Days (SOFD)

  Number of days alive and not on supplemental oxygen during the index hospitalization (0 days \[worst outcome\] to 28 days \[best outcome\])

  up to 28 days

Secondary Outcomes (16)

• Hospital-Free Days to day 90 (HFD90)

  up to 90 days

• In-hospital Mortality to day 90

  up to 90 days

• Time to Mortality to day 90

  up to 90 days

• Ventilator Free Days (VFD) to day 28

  up to 28 days

• Time to Room air

  up to 90 days

Study Arms (2)

Pre-Implementation

NO INTERVENTION

The control (pre-implementation) group will be burn patients admitted to the burn unit in ICU during the site's control period of the stepped-wedge implementation process (up to 22 months).

Post-Implementation Targeting Normoxemia in Burn ICU

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The intervention (post-implementation) group will be patients admitted to the burn unit in ICU during the targeting normoxemia intervention period of the stepped-wedge design implementation process (up to 19 months).

Other: Targeting Normoxemia (SpO2 90-96%; PaO2 60-100 mmHg)

Interventions

Targeting Normoxemia (SpO2 90-96%; PaO2 60-100 mmHg) OTHER

Post-implementation of targeted normoxemia through oxygen titration for individual patients. Intervention for treatment of hypoxemia will follow usual local practice. Interventions for treatment of hyperoxemia (SpO2 \>96% or PaO2 \> 100 mmHg) will involve down titration of FiO2 (or supplemental oxygen for non-mechanically ventilated patients) within a time frame based on local site preferences-typically in increments of no greater than 0.10 until goal oxygenation in the normoxemia range is achieved (including room air \[no supplemental oxygen\] for non-mechanically ventilated patients).

Post-Implementation Targeting Normoxemia in Burn ICU

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 120 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients with acute thermal burn injury who meet the criteria for entry into the state or national burn data repository
• Admission to burn unit within 24 hours of burn injury

You may not qualify if:

• Age \<18 years
• Prisoners
• Known pregnancy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Colorado, Denver: lead
• United States Department of Defense: collaborator

Study Sites (6)

University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical Center

Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

Location

University of Colorado

Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

Location

University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

Location

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

Location

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

Location

Army Institute of Surgical Research

San Antonio, Texas, 78234, United States

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Critical Illness; Wounds and Injuries; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Hypoxia; Hyperoxia; Burns

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory; Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Adit Ginde, MD, MPH

  University of Colorado, Denver

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 25, 2020
• First Posted: September 1, 2020
• Study Start: April 15, 2021
• Primary Completion: November 15, 2022
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: April 2, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (6)