Adults 30 Days to 18, any sex, with Ventilation Therapy; Complications or Diaphragm Disease. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov
Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.
Median Duration of WeaningPrimary· First 28 days of Mechanical Ventilation
Time from first attempted SBT until SBT passage or extubation \[whichever comes first\]
Acute
Group
Value
95% CI
Acute: REDvent
0.09
0.08 – 2.03
Acute: Control
1.04
0.08 – 2.17
Weaning
Group
Value
95% CI
Acute: REDvent
2.03
1.09 – 3.58
Acute: Control
2.10
1.08 – 4.05
Median Ventilator Free Days Between Acute Phase Randomization GroupsSecondary· 28 days
Days alive and not on mechanical ventilation
Group
Value
95% CI
Acute: REDvent
21.9
14.0 – 24.5
Acute: Control
21.3
14.2 – 23.9
Number of Participants With Extubation FailureSecondary· Within 48 hours of extubation, assessed through study completion up to maximum of 90 Days
re-intubation
Group
Value
95% CI
Acute: REDvent
8
Acute: Control
8
Number of Participants With MortalitySecondary· Through study completion up to maximum of 90 Days
Death
Group
Value
95% CI
Acute: REDvent
21
Acute: Control
18
Median Maximal Inspiratory Airway Pressure During Airway Occlusion (aPiMax) at First Spontaneous Breathing Trial During Acute Phase.Secondary· Assessed on the day of first spontaneous breathing trial up to 28 days
Measured during standardized airway occlusion maneuvers
Group
Value
95% CI
Acute: REDvent
51.3
36.7 – 65
Acute: Control
44.0
34 – 60
Median Maximal Inspiratory Esophageal Pressure During Airway Occlusion (ePiMax) During Acute Phase.Secondary· Assessed on the day of first spontaneous breathing trial up to 28 days
Measured during standardized airway occlusion maneuvers
Group
Value
95% CI
Acute: REDvent
41.09
27.5 – 52.17
Acute: Control
35.5
26.1 – 49.0
Median Percentage Change in Diaphragm Thickness on Exhalation (Dte) From Baseline During Acute PhaseSecondary· Each day from study initiation until extubation up to a maximum of 28 days
From daily ultrasound measurement
Group
Value
95% CI
Acute: REDvent
-2
-25 – 14
Acute: Control
-1
-18 – 17
Adverse events — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov
Time frame: 90 days.
Reporting threshold: 0%.
Adverse-event reports describe events observed during the trial — not all are caused by the drug.
This study is a Phase II controlled clinical trial that will obtain comprehensive, serial assessments of respiratory muscle strength and architecture to understand the evolution of ventilator-induced respiratory muscle weakness in critically ill children, and test whether a novel computer-based approach (Real-time Effort Driven ventilator management (REDvent)) can preserve respiratory muscle strength and reduce time on MV. REDvent offers systematic recommendations to reduce controlled ventilation during the acute phase of MV, and uses real-time measures from esophageal manometry to adjust supported ventilator pressures such that patient effort of breathing remains in a normal range during the ventilator weaning phase. This phase II clinical trial is expected to enroll 276 children with pulmonary parenchymal disease, anticipated to be ventilated \> 48 hrs. Patients will be randomized to REDvent-acute vs. usual care for the acute phase of MV (interval from intubation to first spontaneous breathing trial (SBT)). Patients in either group who fail their first Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT), will also be randomized to REDvent-weaning vs. usual care for the weaning phase of MV (interval from first SBT to passing SBT). The primary clinical outcome is length of weaning (time from first SBT until successful passage of an SBT or extubation (whichever comes first)). Mechanistic outcomes surround multi-modal serial measures of respiratory muscle capacity (PiMax), load (resistance, compliance), effort (esophageal manometry), and architecture (ultrasound) throughout the course of MV. Upon completion, this study will provide important information on the pathogenesis and timing of respiratory muscle weakness during MV in children and whether this weakness can be mitigated by promoting more normal patient effort during MV via the use of REDvent. This will form the basis for a larger, Phase III multi-center study, powered for key clinical outcomes such as 28-day Ventilator Free Days.
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 9 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Last refreshed: 17 September 2025
Drug Landscape aggregates and links these public records for informational use only. Always verify against the primary source before clinical or regulatory decisions. Canonical URL: https://druglandscape.com/trial/NCT03266016.