Prone Positioning for Patients on General Medical Wards With COVID19

  • STATUS
    Recruiting
  • participants needed
    350
  • sponsor
    St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Updated on 19 February 2024
mechanical ventilation
FIO2
covid-19
nosocomial infection
fraction of inspired oxygen (fio2)

Summary

COVID-PRONE is a multicenter, pragmatic, single-blind, 2-arm, parallel, randomized controlled trial seeking to compare the pre-emptive prone positioning (i.e. encouraging patients to adopt a prone position before they require mechanical ventilation) to the control arm of standard care alone. Randomization will be stratified by site.

Description

COVID-PRONE is a multicenter, pragmatic, single-blind, 2-arm, parallel, randomized controlled trial. The intervention is not a medication or a medical device. Instead, the intervention is instructing patients to lie on their stomach while they are in bed.

Patients will be randomized to receive either standard-of-care or pre-emptive prone positioning while in bed (target > 12 hours per day) plus standard of care. Randomization will be stratified by site. Patients randomized to prone positioning will be instructed to i) lie on their stomach supported by their arms and a pillow at the level of their shoulders and another pillow at the level of the pelvis, ii) immediately thereafter their oxygen saturation will be checked, iii) after a two hour period they can reposition to supine (but should be educated on the use of prone position and encouraged to adopt prone position as often as tolerated while in bed); the 2-hour period will be encouraged four times each day in addition to during sleep overnight.

Since there are limited data on the potential risks and benefits of prone positioning, a feasibility analysis will be performed after 30 patients are randomized to identify the rate of serious adverse events in the prone group (e.g., rate of pneumonia, death, intubation) and to understand the change in oxygenation as a result of prone positioning.

Details
Condition ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, Covid 19
Age 18years - 100years
Treatment Prone positioning
Clinical Study IdentifierNCT04383613
SponsorSt. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Last Modified on19 February 2024

Eligibility

Yes No Not Sure

Inclusion Criteria

Patients 18 years of age
Confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 [or highly suspected and awaiting result]
Able to lie on their stomach with verbal instruction
Requiring supplemental oxygen less than 50% FiO2
Capable to make treatment related decisions

Exclusion Criteria

Inability to follow commands (e.g., delirium, dementia)
indication for mechanical ventilation (e.g., reduced level of consciousness, rapid clinical deterioration)
contraindication to prone positioning (spinal cord injury, unstable c-spine, pelvic fracture, unstable airway, open chest or abdomen, anterior chest tube, recent abdominal surgery in past 14 days)
patients on home CPAP (continue positive airway pressure)
transfer from ICU in past 72 hours
need for telemetry at the time of randomization
pregnant (i.e., more than 20 weeks)
body mass index above 40 kg/m2 (based on clinician's assessment)
Recently completed or plan for intrathoracic or intra-abdominal surgical procedure
severe hemoptysis
pace-maker inserted in past 48 hours
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