Low Tidal MEChanical Ventilation Against NO Ventilation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Heart Surgery

Summary

BACKGROUND. Postoperative pulmonary complications are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. To this date, there are no recommendations regarding mechanical ventilation associated with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during the surgery and anesthesiologists perform either no ventilation (noV) at all during CPB or maintain a low-tidal volume ventilation (LTV). Indirect evidence points towards better pulmonary outcomes when LTV is performed but no proper prospective trial with large inclusion of all types of cardiac surgery has been published.

DESIGN. The MECANO trial is a single-center, double-blind, randomized controlled trial comparing two mechanical ventilation strategies, noV and LTV, during cardiac surgery with CPB. 1500 patients will be included for whom planned cardiac surgery with CPB is performed. They will be randomized between noV and LTV, on a 1:1 ratio. The noV group will receive no ventilation during CPB. The LTV group will receive 5 acts/minute with a tidal volume of 3 mL/kg and positive end-expiratory pressure of 5 cmH2O. Primary endpoint will be composite of overall death, early respiratory failure defined as PaO2/FiO2 ratio \<200 mmHg at one-hour after arrival in the ICU, heavy oxygenation support (defined as a patient requiring either non-invasive ventilation, mechanical ventilation or high flow oxygen) at 2 days after arrival in the ICU or ventilator acquired pneumoniae defined by Center of Disease Control. Lung recruitment manoeuvers will be performed for noV and LTV groups, at the end of surgery and at the arrival in ICU with an insufflation at +30 cmH20 during 5 seconds. Secondary endpoints are those composing the primary endpoint with the addition of pneumothorax, CPB duration, quantity of postoperative bleeding, red blood cells transfusions, revision surgery requirements, length of stay in the ICU and in the hospital and total hospitalization costs. Patients will be followed until hospital discharge.

SUMMARY. The MECANO trial compares a no-ventilation to a low-tidal volume strategy for mechanical ventilation during cardiac surgery with CPB, regarding a primary composite outcome including death, respiratory failure and pneumoniae.

Conditions

• Respiratory Failure
• Atelectasis
• Pneumonia
• Pneumothorax
• Bleeding
• Surgery--Complications
• Cardiac Disease

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Low tidal volume ventilation (LTV arm)

During cardiopulmonary bypass, mechanical ventilation is maintained with settings described above.

PROCEDURE

No ventilation (noV arm)

During cardiopulmonary bypass, no mechanical ventilation is performed.

PROCEDURE

Lung recruitment manoeuver

An insufflation with positive end-expiratory pressure +30 cmH20 during 5 seconds. At the end of cardiopulmonary bypass, in the operative room. And after transfer to the ICU (intensive care unit).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• CMC Ambroise Paré

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Lee S Nguyen, MD, MSc · CMC Ambroise Paré

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-05-02

Primary Completion

2019-08-29

Completion

2019-08-29

Countries

• France

Study Locations