Treatment of Invasively Ventilated Adults With Early Activity and Mobilisation (TEAM(III))
Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated focused on measuring Early activity and mobilization, rehabilitation, intensive care
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 18 years or older.
- Intubated and expected to remain invasively mechanically ventilated the day after tomorrow.
Sufficient cardiovascular stability to make mobilisation potentially possible, as indicated by:
- the absence of current brady-arrhythmia requiring pharmacological support
- a current ventricular rate ≤ 150 bpm
- most recent lactate ≤ 4.0 mmol/L
- current combined noradrenaline/adrenaline infusion rate of ≤ 0.2 mcg/kg/min, OR if noradrenaline/adrenaline infusion rate has increased by more than 25% in the last 6 hours, dose must be <0.1 mcg/kg/min.
- most recent cardiac index ≥ 2.0 L/min/m2 (where measured)
- no current requirement for VA ECMO
Sufficient respiratory stability to make mobilisation potentially possible, as indicated by:
- current FiO2 ≤ 0.6
- current PEEP ≤ 16 cm H20
- an absence of current requirement for NO, prone ventilation, neuromuscular blockers, ventilation, prostacyclin, VV ECMO or HFOV
- current RR ≤ 45 bpm
Exclusion Criteria:
- Dependent for activities of daily living in the month prior to current ICU admission (gait aids are acceptable).
- Documented cognitive impairment.
- Proven or suspected acute primary brain pathology (e.g. traumatic brain injury, stroke, hypoxic brain injury).
- Proven or suspected spinal cord injury or other neuromuscular disease that will result in permanent or prolonged weakness (not including ICU acquired weakness).
- Has rest in bed orders and/or has bilateral non-weight bearing orders for the lower limbs.
- Life expectancy less than 180 days due to a chronic or underlying medical condition.
- Death is deemed inevitable as a result of the current illness and either the patient or treating clinical or substitute decision maker are not committed to full active treatment.
- Unable to communicate in the official local language.
- This is not the first ICU admission in the index hospital admission.
- Fulfilled all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria ≥ 72 hours
Sites / Locations
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- St George Hospital
- John Hunter Hospital
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- Wollongong Hospital
- Sunshine Coast University Hospital
- Mater Health
- Mater Private Hospital
- Caboolture Hospital
- The Prince Charles Hospital
- Redcliffe Hospital
- Rockhampton Hospital
- Toowoomba Hospital
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- Launceston General Hospital
- Geelong Hospital - Barwon Health
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
- Austin Health
- Cabrini Health
- Epworth Richmond
- Western Health
- Alfred Hospital
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- Fiona Stanley Hospital
- Royal Perth Hospital
- St John of God Hospital
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
- The Charité
- Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
- Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität Mϋnchen
- Beacon Hospital
- St Vincent's Hospital
- Galway Hospital
- Tallaght Hospital
- Auckland City Hospital (CVICU)
- Auckland City Hospital (DCCM)
- Waikato Hospital
- Tauranga Hospital
- Wellington Hospital
- Bristol Royal Infirmary
- Frimley Park Hospital
- University Hospital Lewisham
- King's College Hospital
- Nottingham University Hospitals
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Morriston Hospital
- Royal Cornwall Hospital
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Early activity and Mobilisation intervention
Standard of care
Patients will be assessed daily by an ICU physiotherapist using the ICU Mobility Scale (IMS) to determine the dosage and type of active exercises the patient will receive, using the early activity and mobilisation protocol. This protocol is hierarchical, with the objective of each intervention session beginning with the highest level of activity possible for the longest time possible, which then steps down to lower levels of activity if the patient fatigues. The intervention will be administered on all days in which the patient is admitted to ICU during the index hospitalisation, censored at 28days after.
The control group will receive standard care from physiotherapy staff not involved in delivering the intervention. We have previously established that standard care in Australia for a patient receiving prolonged IMV (control group intervention) frequently involves no active exercise out of bed.