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Epidural Analgesia in Intensive Care Unit (APD-REA: Analgesie PeriDurale en REAnimation)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
Faculté de Médecine Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont I
Pôle de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur (PRES) Clermont Université
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01437358
First received: August 30, 2011
Last updated: February 27, 2012
Last verified: February 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

Epidural analgesia (EA) has been mainly investigated during the perioperative period. In the intensive care unit settings, EA should be proposed in critically ill patients, such as postoperative or trauma patients, typically. Recent findings also support anti-inflammatory, vascular or respiratory effects for EA, beyond its analgesic effects. However, data on EA safety and feasibility in the intensive care unit settings are still lacking. The purpose of this observational prospective study is to describe the safety and feasibility of this analgesia technique in ICU patients.


Condition Intervention
Critical Illness
Epidural Analgesia
 Other: Epidural analgesia

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
Official Title: Epidural Analgesia in Intensive Care Unit Patients: an Observational Prospective Multicenter Feasibility and Safety Study

Further study details as provided by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Incidence of epidural analgesia-related complications [ Time Frame: up to 1 month ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 80
Study Start Date: August 2011
Study Completion Date: January 2012
Primary Completion Date: December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Groups/Cohorts Assigned Interventions
intensive care unit Other: Epidural analgesia
The purpose of this observational prospective study is to describe the safety and feasibility of this analgesia technique in ICU patients

Detailed Description:

BACKGROUND:

Epidural analgesia (EA) has been mainly investigated during the perioperative period. In the intensive care unit settings, EA should be proposed in critically ill patients, such as postoperative or trauma patients, typically. Recent findings also support anti-inflammatory, vascular or respiratory effects for EA, beyond its analgesic effects. However, data on EA safety and feasibility in the intensive care unit settings are still lacking.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

This observational multicenter prospective clinical study will report the incidence of EA-related complications, such as infectious or neurologic complications, and the mean duration of EA in the ICU settings.

Patients admitted in three intensive care units (two from an University Hospital and one from a local hospital) and receiving EA will be included in the study, whether the EA catheter is inserted in the ICU or outside the ICU, e.g. in the operating room. Demographics, clinical and biological data will be recorded prospectively. The main goal is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of EA in critically ill patients, being assumed this technique is currently and routinely used in our intensive care units, in accordance with national and international guidelines on epidural analgesia practice.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 95 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

patients requiring epidural analgesia, whether the epidural analgesia catheter is inserted in the ICU or outside the ICU, e.g. in the operating room

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients requiring epidural analgesia, whether the epidural analgesia catheter is inserted in the ICU or outside the ICU, e.g. in the operating room.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • none (besides classic contra-indications for epidural analgesia catheter insertion, e.g. coagulation disorder, local infection…)
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01437358

Locations
France
CHU Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63003
Sponsors and Collaborators
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Faculté de Médecine Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont I
Pôle de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur (PRES) Clermont Université
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Mathieu JABAUDON University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Principal Investigator: Jean-Michel CONSTANTIN University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Principal Investigator: Russel CHABANNE University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Principal Investigator: Bernard CLAUD University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01437358     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CHU-0100
Study First Received: August 30, 2011
Last Updated: February 27, 2012
Health Authority: France: Ministry of Health

Keywords provided by University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand:
Epidural catheter
Epidural analgesia
Intensive care unit
Safety

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Critical Illness
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013