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Clinical Performance of the Automated Closed-loop Minimum Viable Prototype

U

University of Chile

Status

Completed

Conditions

Deep Sedation

Treatments

Device: Usual care
Device: Minimum viable prototype

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06187545
1219/21

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate a minimum viable prototype for automated closed-loop administration of propofol in deep sedated patients under invasive mechanical ventilation in the ICU. The main question it aims to answer is:

• whether the minimum viable prototype for automated closed-loop administration of propofol is effective in keeping patients in deep sedation using the lowest possible dose of propofol Participants will undergo deep sedation using the minimum viable prototype for automated closed-loop propofol administration.

The usual practice of sedation will be compared with the practice of sedating with the minimum viable prototype to see if the infusion rate of propofol is decreased

Full description

The design of the study will consist of each patient being exposed to both forms of administration (matched pair study) during a 12-hour day (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.) in a randomized manner. Specifically, a patient will be given propofol infusion in open-loop mode in the first 5 hours (8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) and the next 5 hours in closed-loop mode (3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.) with a wash-out period of 2 hours. The order will be randomly determined for each patient. This design will allow the use of the prototype to be evaluated under highly controlled conditions by a trained operator dedicated exclusively to this function.

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Indication of deep sedation for more than 48 hours

Exclusion criteria

  • Dementia
  • Cranial surgery
  • Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
  • Chronic liver damage Child C
  • History of substance and drug abuse that can alter EEG recordings or the metabolization of drugs (antipsychotics, cocaine, benzodiazepines, opioids)
  • Pregnant women
  • allergic to propofol
  • EEG sensor of the BIS® Covidien cannot be installed

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

20 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group
Active Comparator group
Description:
5-hour period in which patients will continue to be routinely sedated in the critical care unit
Treatment:
Device: Usual care
Experimental group
Experimental group
Description:
5-hour period in which patients will be sedated through the closed-loop system
Treatment:
Device: Minimum viable prototype

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Antonello Penna, MD, PhD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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