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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Study of Therapeutic Exercise in Acute Respiratory Failure to Improve Neuromuscular Disability Trial

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03863470

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Brief summary

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This is a stepped-wedge, cluster randomized, trial evaluating the effect of an early goal-directed mobilization intervention for ICU patients with acute respiratory failure within 12 medical and surgical ICUs across 4 hospitals in the University of Pennsylvania Health System. The investigators will conduct a 54-week trial to measure the effect of the intervention on multiple patient-centered outcomes of patient physical function and cognition, in addition to ICU and hospital length of stay and duration of mechanical ventilation compared to usual care.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03863470
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
University of Pennsylvania
Other
Enrollment
1,917 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Mar 3, 2019
Primary completion
Mar 14, 2020
Completion
Jul 29, 2020
Last update posted
Oct 20, 2022

2019 – 2020

United States locations

U.S. sites
4
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
2
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107
Chester County Hospital West Chester Pennsylvania 19380

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