NCT05963672

Brief Summary

Sleep of critically ill patients is highly disturbed with a high sleep fragmentation; patients spend most of their sleep in very short sleep episodes, lasting less than 10 minutes. Causes of theses sleep alterations are complex including environmental noise (alarms, beepers, conversations…), continuous light, nurse care and repetitive measures of vital parameters. Numerous studies have reported a relationship between severe sleep alterations and a prolonged weaning period and mortality. Improving sleep quality in critically ill patients is a major challenge to promote ICU patient's recovery. A very promising treatment is the application of a nocturnal " quiet-time " during which non urgent care, comfort care, systematic measures of vital parameters are delayed and clustered in order to limit room entries. However, " quiet time " procedures have failed to improve sleep quality to date. A miniaturized medical device recording one EEG channel and embedding an automated sleep scoring algorithm running in real-time was devised. This device (positioned on forehead, and continuously recording noise and light levels) indicates if the patient is awake or asleep using a tablet positioned at doorstep of the room, so that nurses know if patient is sleeping, without entering the room. Hypothesis proposes that applying sleep protection procedures (clustering cares, limiting room entries, reducing lights and noise, delaying non urgent care…) when patients are sleeping (= EEG-guided strategies) will increase patients sleep quality. This study will assess the effect of such device on sleep quality in ICU patients. This is a "before / after" design. The first group ("control group"), will be recorded but the sleep scoring will not be displayed by the tablet and patient will be expose to standard care. Then, procedure will be established collegially with nurses, nurses assistants and doctors. Then, the second group ("treated group") will be recorded with the device displaying the status of the patient (asleep/awake) and all caregivers will be asked to follow the established rules ("EEG-guided sleep protection rules")

Trial Health

87
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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
80

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Aug 2023

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

June 19, 2023

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 27, 2023

Completed
12 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 8, 2023

Completed
11 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

July 14, 2024

Completed
6 days until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

July 20, 2024

Completed
Last Updated

September 19, 2024

Status Verified

September 1, 2024

Enrollment Period

11 months

First QC Date

June 19, 2023

Last Update Submit

September 6, 2024

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Sleep quality

    Proportion of continuous sleep

    Day 1 to Day 4

Secondary Outcomes (14)

  • Sleep fragmentation

    Day 1 to Day 4

  • Environmental noise and environmental light

    Day 1 to Day 4

  • Sleep interruptions by caregivers

    Day 1 to Day 4

  • Sleep quality

    Day 2 to Day 4

  • Workload assessed by nurses

    Day 1 to Day 4

  • +9 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Usual Care

SHAM COMPARATOR
Other: Control condition

EEG-guided sleep protection

EXPERIMENTAL
Device: EEG-guided sleep protection

Interventions

The tablet will display a specific picture "prioritize sleep" or "prioritize care" depending on the patient status determined by the algorithm. When the picture "favor/prioritize sleep" is displayed, all caregivers and visiting family are asked to follow the sleep protection rules: refrain to enter the room for not urgent reasons, switch off television, reduced light in the room/corridor, reduce noise in front of the door, close curtain (if any), and delay non urgent care…etc; if caregivers have to enter the room, headlight and/or additional light will be favored. All these rules will be established collegially by nurses and doctors. Obviously, urgent care and reactions to alarms are maintained. When the picture "favor/prioritize care" is displayed, all caregivers and visiting family are invited to perform non urgent care, cleaning, restocking perfusion needles, comfort care, visiting.

EEG-guided sleep protection

the recording device will be placed on the patient to record sleep but the tablet will be masked and placed face down on the bench in the room, invisible from the door.

Usual Care

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Adults admitted in medical ICU of University Hospital of Poitiers
  • Un-sedated patients displaying a RASS scale between -2 and +1
  • Intubated or spontaneously breathing patients
  • Patient or family have signed the inform consent

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients with a central nervous system disease altering sleep scoring
  • Patients who received drugs (\<24h) modifying significantly EEG and sleep scoring
  • Patients with cutaneous erosion of the scalp

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

CHU Poitiers

Poitiers, 86000, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sleep Disorders, IntrinsicDyssomniasSleep Wake DisordersNervous System DiseasesMental Disorders

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
SEQUENTIAL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

June 19, 2023

First Posted

July 27, 2023

Study Start

August 8, 2023

Primary Completion

July 14, 2024

Study Completion

July 20, 2024

Last Updated

September 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

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