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NCT03266016: REDvent

Real-time Effort Driven VENTilator Management

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 17 September 2025
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Computerized Ventilator Protocol in Ventilation Therapy; Complications in 248 participants. Completed in 20 June 2024.

Timeline
21 October 2017
Primary endpoint
1 April 2024
20 June 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsorChildren's Hospital Los Angeles
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingsingle
Primary purposeprevention
Enrollment248
Start date21 October 2017
Primary completion1 April 2024
Estimated completion20 June 2024
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Who can join

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 Weaning Primary · First 28 days of Mechanical Ventilation

Time from first attempted SBT until SBT passage or extubation \[whichever comes first\]

Acute
GroupValue95% CI
Acute: REDvent0.090.08 – 2.03
Acute: Control1.040.08 – 2.17
Weaning
GroupValue95% CI
Acute: REDvent2.031.09 – 3.58
Acute: Control2.101.08 – 4.05
Median Ventilator Free Days Between Acute Phase Randomization Groups Secondary · 28 days

Days alive and not on mechanical ventilation

GroupValue95% CI
Acute: REDvent21.914.0 – 24.5
Acute: Control21.314.2 – 23.9
Number of Participants With Extubation Failure Secondary · Within 48 hours of extubation, assessed through study completion up to maximum of 90 Days

re-intubation

GroupValue95% CI
Acute: REDvent8
Acute: Control8
Number of Participants With Mortality Secondary · Through study completion up to maximum of 90 Days

Death

GroupValue95% CI
Acute: REDvent21
Acute: Control18
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

GroupValue95% CI
Acute: REDvent51.336.7 – 65
Acute: Control44.034 – 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

GroupValue95% CI
Acute: REDvent41.0927.5 – 52.17
Acute: Control35.526.1 – 49.0
Median Percentage Change in Diaphragm Thickness on Exhalation (Dte) From Baseline During Acute Phase Secondary · Each day from study initiation until extubation up to a maximum of 28 days

From daily ultrasound measurement

GroupValue95% 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.

Acute: REDvent
Serious: 19/125 (15%)
Deaths: 16/125
Acute: Control
Serious: 17/122 (14%)
Deaths: 14/122
Weaning: REDvent
Serious: 0/58 (0%)
Deaths: 4/58
Weaning: Control
Serious: 0/58 (0%)
Deaths: 5/58

Serious adverse events (13 terms)

ReactionSystemAcute: REDventAcute: ControlWeaning: REDventWeaning: Control
Air leakRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Progressive multi-organ failureGeneral disorders
Cardiac Arrest/ECMOCardiac disorders
Sustained hypoxemiaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Intracranial event/hemorrhageGeneral disorders
Unplanned ExtubationInjury, poisoning and procedural complications
ArrythmiaCardiac disorders
BradycardiaCardiac disorders
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhageRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Progression of underlying neurologic diseaseGeneral disorders
Refractory shockGeneral disorders
Refractory brain tumor and hypoxemiaGeneral disorders
Pulmonary hypertensionRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Other adverse events (10 terms — click to expand)

ReactionSystemAcute: REDventAcute: ControlWeaning: REDventWeaning: Control
Sustained hypoxemiaRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Esphageal catheter in trachea-bronchial treeInjury, poisoning and procedural complications
Failure of weaning phaseRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Esophageal catheter complicationInjury, poisoning and procedural complications
Unplanned ExtubationInjury, poisoning and procedural complications
BradycardiaCardiac disorders
Air leakRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Re-intubationRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
ArrythmiaCardiac disorders
Supra ventricular tachycardiaCardiac disorders

Most-reported serious reactions: Air leak, Progressive multi-organ failure, Cardiac Arrest/ECMO, Sustained hypoxemia, Intracranial event/hemorrhage, Unplanned Extubation, Arrythmia, Bradycardia.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03266016 adverse events section.

Sponsor's own description

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):

  1. Direction and Magnitude of Change in Plateau From Peak Pressure During Inspiratory Holds Can Identify the Degree of Spontaneous Effort and Elastic Workload in Ventilated Patients.
    Kyogoku M, Shimatani T, Hotz JC, Newth CJL, et al · · 2021 · cited 26× · PMID 33252373 · DOI 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004746
  2. Understanding clinical and biological heterogeneity to advance precision medicine in paediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome.
    Kneyber MCJ, Khemani RG, Bhalla A, Blokpoel RGT, et al · · 2023 · cited 25× · PMID 36566767 · DOI 10.1016/s2213-2600(22)00483-0
  3. A Phase II randomized controlled trial for lung and diaphragm protective ventilation (Real-time Effort Driven VENTilator management).
    Khemani RG, Hotz JC, Klein MJ, Kwok J, et al · · 2020 · cited 24× · PMID 31740425 · DOI 10.1016/j.cct.2019.105893
  4. Real-Time Effort Driven Ventilator Management: A Pilot Study.
    Hotz JC, Bornstein D, Kohler K, Smith E, et al · · 2020 · cited 19× · PMID 32976348 · DOI 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002556
  5. Estimation of inspiratory effort using airway occlusion maneuvers in ventilated children: a secondary analysis of an ongoing randomized trial testing a lung and diaphragm protective ventilation strategy.
    Ito Y, Herrera MG, Hotz JC, Kyogoku M, et al · · 2023 · cited 16× · PMID 38031116 · DOI 10.1186/s13054-023-04754-6
  6. Clinical Challenges in Pediatric Ventilation Liberation: A Meta-Narrative Review.
    van Dijk J, Blokpoel RGT, Abu-Sultaneh S, Newth CJL, et al · · 2022 · cited 16× · PMID 35830707 · DOI 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003025
  7. A 30-Minute Spontaneous Breathing Trial Misses Many Children Who Go On to Fail a 120-Minute Spontaneous Breathing Trial.
    Knox KE, Hotz JC, Newth CJL, Khoo MCK, et al · · 2023 · cited 10× · PMID 36037984 · DOI 10.1016/j.chest.2022.08.2212
  8. Frequency and Risk Factors for Reverse Triggering in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome during Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation.
    Shimatani T, Yoon B, Kyogoku M, Kyo M, et al · · 2021 · cited 10× · PMID 33326335 · DOI 10.1513/annalsats.202008-1072oc

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