NOrmoBaric Oxygen Therapy Use In Critical Limb ISchemia
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: introduction of oxygen therapy or not.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Critical Ischemia Limb. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Peripheral arteriopathy disease (PAD) affects 1 million people in France. In its most advanced stage: chronic permanent ischemia also called critical ischemia, the prognosis of patients is burdened with a one-year mortality rate of 30%. Chronic permanent ischemia results from a lack of oxygen supply to the microcirculatory network, responsible for tissue death and the development of trophic disorders. In this context, many studies have focused on the contribution of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, however none demonstrates with certainty its beneficial effect with a heavy set-up for teams and patients. Furthermore, it appears that normobaric oxygen therapy could have its place in this context by temporarily restoring a sufficient level of transcutaneous oxygen. However, even if normobaric oxygen therapy is common practice although empirical for some practitioners, no data demonstrates its real interest. The purpose of this study is therefore to report the proportion, in usual practice, of patients with permanent chronic ischemia of the lower limb(s), benefiting from normobaric oxygen therapy, but also to show the interest of the contribution of this therapy in usual comprehensive management of these patients. This is a pilot study, after which, if the hypothesis is confirmed, it may be proposed to carry out a randomized study, on a large scale, in order to validate the use of normobaric oxygen therapy in the context of chronic permanent ischemia.
Detailed description
In arterial pathology of the lower limbs at the stage of chronic permanent ischemia, very few data exist on the benefit of normobaric oxygen therapy in these patients. The purpose of the present study is to report the proportion in usual practice of patients benefiting from normobaric oxygen therapy and to show the interest of the contribution of this therapy in the usual global management of patients presenting with chronic permanent ischemia of the lower limbs.
Regarding the Wound, Ischemia, Foot Infection Score (WIfI score), it includes three sub-parts, each of which has a specific evaluation grid scoring between 0 and 3. From this evaluation grid, an overall score can be calculated with different interpretations to determine the risk of amputation at one year as well as the probability of improvement in the event of revascularization, ranging from very low risk to high risk. Nevertheless, the overall evaluation of the score could mask a significant improvement in one of the items evaluated, impacting the clinical management and the future of the patient. This is why, during this study, the improvement of each item of the WIfI score separately will be studied.
The hypothesis is that putting patients in chronic permanent ischemia on oxygen therapy, which is performed frequently, brings a medical benefit compared to patients who do not benefit from it.
Interventions
- Procedure introduction of oxygen therapy or not
During hospitalisation, surgeon decides if patient needs and will have an oxygen therapy during this hospitalisation and at home.
Primary outcome measures
- Comparison of clinical characteristics of patients, whether or not they benefit from oxygen therapy in usual practices. [Time frame: 6 months]
- Comparison of biological characteristics of patients, whether or not they benefit from oxygen therapy in usual practices. [Time frame: 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (7)
- Collection of all investigations carried out since inclusion and all modifications of medical therapy or implementation of surgical treatment. [Time frame: 6 months]
- prevalence of decision-making parameters by using the sheet sent to the prescribing doctor by the patient. [Time frame: 6 months]
- difference in the WIfI score items at inclusion and at 6 months. [Time frame: 6 months]
- All-cause mortality at 6 months. [Time frame: 6 months]
- occurrence of an amputation between one week after inclusion and 6 months. [Time frame: 6 months]
- difference in score obtained at 1 month and at 6 months depending on the presence of chronic permanent ischemia or not and the administration of oxygen or not. [Time frame: 1 and 6 month]
- Proportion of compliant patients in whom oxygen was prescribed on an outpatient basis [Time frame: 1 and 6 month]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patient hospitalized in the recruiting centre.
- Patient fulfilling the clinical and paraclinical criteria (resting TcpO2 values < 30mmHg) of the definition of chronic permanent ischemia with or without trophic disorders.
Exclusion criteria
- Patient suffering from acute or decompensated heart or respiratory failure.
- Patient suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stage III or IV.
- Patient with allergies to medical adhesives
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
France · 3 centers
- University Hospital — Angers
- Hospital Center — Cholet
- Hospital Center — Le Mans
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06238050 · 49RC22_0236 · 2023-A02581-44