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Improving Recovery After Critical Illness (IMPROVE)

Primary Purpose

Post Intensive Care Unit Syndrome, Critical Illness, Malnutrition

Status
Recruiting
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Netherlands
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Group physical therapy and dietary improvements
Sponsored by
Medical Centre Leeuwarden
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Post Intensive Care Unit Syndrome

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - undefined (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria Long stay post-ICU patients (length of stay ≥48h) between 6 weeks and 6 months after hospital discharge AND >18 years old AND able to visit the hospital 2 times a week AND a RAND-36 physical functioning subscale score < 67%

Exclusion criteria

  • Allergy to components of ProSource® (Allergy information: gluten-free, lactose-free, NOT cow's milk free (wey-protein), produced in a factory in which soy, wheat and nuts are processed.
  • Inability to understand the Dutch language
  • Actively participating in a professional physical rehabilitation program during the study period.

Note: previous participation in a concluded rehabilitation program is NOT an exclusion criterion.

Sites / Locations

  • Medical Centre LeeuwardenRecruiting

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm Type

Experimental

No Intervention

Arm Label

Intervention group

Standard care

Arm Description

Patients that are allocated to the intervention group will participate in a 12 week lifestyle intervention program consisting of group exercise therapy and dietary advice combined with dietary supplementation. The group exercise therapy will be guided by trained physical therapists. Patients will participate in this part of the intervention twice a week for one hour. The exercise therapy will combine cardiorespiratory with strength training. At the start of the intervention, patients will have an appointment with a nutritional scientist or doctor in which they will receive dietary advise and dietary supplements (ProSource®) to reach the advised caloric and protein intake as composed by the Dutch Centre for Nutrition (Voedingscentrum). Dietary supplements like ProSource® are extensively tested and often used as part of general practice to patients after ICU- or hospital-discharge following critical illness.

Standard care outpatient post-ICU clinic

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Physical functioning
Physical functioning (subscale score) measured with the Dutch 36-Item Short Form health Survey/Research and Development-36 (RAND-36) questionnaire (0-100; higher is better)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Change in hand grip strength
Hand grip strength with hand-held dynamometer (kg; higher is better)
Change in walking distance
Walking distance with the six-minute walking test (m, higher is better)
Change in quadriceps muscle layer thickness
Ultrasound measures of the quadriceps (mm, higher is better)
Change in mobility
Mobility using the morton mobility index (0-100, higher is better)
Change in dietary intake
Dietary intake using food diary
Change in health-related quality of life
Dutch 36-Item Short Form health Survey/Research and Development-36 (RAND-36) questionnaire (0-100; higher is better)
Change in fatigue
Short Fatigue Questionnaire (Verkorte VermoeidheidsVragenlijst) (4-28, higher is worse)
Change in anxiety and depression symptoms
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (0-21; higher is worse)
Change in cognitive functioning
Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ) (0-100; higher is worse)
Change in subjective happiness
Happiness Index (HI) VAS-scale (0-10; higher is better)
Phase angle
Bioimpedence measurements

Full Information

First Posted
August 31, 2021
Last Updated
December 20, 2021
Sponsor
Medical Centre Leeuwarden
Collaborators
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT05182086
Brief Title
Improving Recovery After Critical Illness
Acronym
IMPROVE
Official Title
IMPROVE: Evaluation of a Combined Lifestyle Intervention Program to Improve Quality of Life in Long-term ICU-survivors
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
December 2021
Overall Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Study Start Date
September 1, 2021 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
September 2022 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
March 2023 (Anticipated)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Medical Centre Leeuwarden
Collaborators
University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
Yes

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
Rationale: Survival rates of patients with critical illness have increased due to improved facilities and treatment methods in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, surviving critical illness does not mean these patients are cured. In general, ICU-admission is associated with decreased physical performance and perceived physical health, impaired mental health and quality of life (QoL), reflecting in an impaired long-term recovery. Long-term health problems can partly be contributed to prolonged muscle weakness and malnutrition. Improving physical performance and perceived physical health may play a key role in boosting recovery after ICU-admission. Mono-interventions focusing on improving physical performance or nutritional intake have limited effect on long term functioning and QoL. A lifestyle intervention encompassing physical therapy and optimisation of caloric and protein intake may improve wellbeing and QoL in these patients. Previous studies found that interventions focused on mobilization and physical rehabilitation are feasible within the ICU and outpatient programs. Additionally, promising results were found in personalized healthcare and lifestyle programs for other patient groups with long-term health problems, such as cancer survivors and patients with diabetes or mental health problems. Based on this, the investigators hypothesized that a lifestyle intervention program may improve wellbeing and quality of life in long-term ICU-survivors. Objective: Evaluation of the effects of a integrative lifestyle intervention program on physical performance and perceived physical health, mental health and health related quality of life after ICU-admission. Study design: Randomised controlled trial Study population: Long-term ICU patients (length of stay ICU ≥48h) Intervention: The intervention group will be part of a 12-week combined lifestyle intervention encompassing group physical therapy twice a week and improvement of dietary caloric and protein intake by means of nutritional advice and, if applicable, caloric and/or protein supplementation. The control group will be subject to follow up meetings with research staff to assess physical and mental health and quality of life. Main study parameters/endpoints: Physical functioning (RAND-36 subscale-score) at the end of the 12 week intervention period. Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group relatedness: All participants have two additional appointments where they participate in an interview and perform physical tests (bioimpedance measurements, ultrasound of the upper thigh muscles, hand grip strength test, Morton mobility index test, and the six-minute walking test with pulse oximetry). At baseline and week 12 of the program, all participants complete a combination of questionnaires on mental health and quality of life. The intervention group will additionally be subject to supervised group training sessions twice a week for the duration of the intervention (12 weeks). Further, two meetings with a professional about their diet will be organised. If a patient has a deficit in caloric and/or protein intake, dietary supplements with daily intake instructions will be provided. The risks and disadvantages of this intervention are minimal. However, this study requires considerable time investment and physical and mental effort. The extent of this study is crucial to clarify the effect of a combined intervention program on recovery after critical illness.
Detailed Description
Survival rates of critical illness have increased due to improved facilities and treatment methods in intensive care units. However, surviving critical illness does not automatically mean these patients are cured. In the past, the patients' survival was the measure of success in the treatment of critical illness. Over the past decades, the focus has been shifting towards the quality of life and care needs of these patients after critical illness. Survivors of critical illness frequently suffer from reduced quality of life. Health problems in the recovery period of survivors may predominantly be provoked by the physical consequences of longterm ICU-admission. The physical consequences of critical illness are mostly associated with skeletal muscle wasting during critical illness. This results in a decrease of muscle density up to two percent per day. Some long term physical health problems associated with this phenomenon are fatigue, neuropathy, neuromuscular dysfunction, and changes in bone mineral density. With regards to the long term psychosocial problems in survivors of critical illness there have been reports of short and long-term anxiety, depression and/or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Further, during and after critical illness, patients may experience delirium and cognitive impairments. In conclusion, survivors of critical illness suffer from long term physical and mental health problems, reflecting in a reduced HRQoL. Critical illness survivorship is a relatively new and unknown area in research and medical health care. The term post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) has been used to describe the complex aetiology of health deficits following critical illness. A recent Dutch study (the MONITOR-IC-study) with a population of 1729 ICU-patients found that an overwhelming 70 percent of ICU-patients suffer from some form of PICS one year after discharge. Data collected from the specialized post-ICU clinic of the Medical Centre Leeuwarden (MCL) illustrated that 44% of 250 patients that visited this clinic between 2012 and 2018 were unable to sufficiently recover in physical functioning one year after ICU-discharge. Unfortunately, adequate and efficient aftercare programs for ICU survivors are still lacking and patients regularly feel abandoned and insecure after discharge. Personalised healthcare and lifestyle interventions may fulfil this discontinuity in care and improve physical performance and perceived physical health in ICU-patients, followed by improvements in mental wellbeing and HRQoL. Little is known on the effects of optimizing lifestyle on longterm recovery of these patients. Promising results were found in personalised healthcare and lifestyle programs for other patient groups with long-term health problems, such as cancer survivors and patients with diabetes or mental health problems. A Cochrane review showed several exercise rehabilitation programs after ICU-discharge to be feasible, but lacking in overall effect on functional exercise capacity, or on health-related quality of life. This paucity of effect on patient-centred outcomes may be due to inconsistencies in study protocol. However, a lack of adequate nutritional support might be an equally important pitfall. ICU-survivors may experience a number of problems that can hinder their nutritional intake, including lack of appetite, problems with taste and smell perception, and swallowing issues. Recent data from a study on post-ICU nutritional intake showed that of 12 included patients, the majority did not meet their daily caloric and protein intake. Data on nutritional intake after hospital discharge is lacking, but it is likely that patients are unable to achieve these goals without professional support. Based on this, the investigators hypothesized that, complementary to the standard post-ICU care, a combined lifestyle intervention focussed on exercise and nutritional therapy may improve physical performance and perceived physical health alongside with an improved mental wellbeing and quality of life in long-term ICU-survivors.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Post Intensive Care Unit Syndrome, Critical Illness, Malnutrition, Muscle Weakness

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
40 (Anticipated)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Intervention group
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Patients that are allocated to the intervention group will participate in a 12 week lifestyle intervention program consisting of group exercise therapy and dietary advice combined with dietary supplementation. The group exercise therapy will be guided by trained physical therapists. Patients will participate in this part of the intervention twice a week for one hour. The exercise therapy will combine cardiorespiratory with strength training. At the start of the intervention, patients will have an appointment with a nutritional scientist or doctor in which they will receive dietary advise and dietary supplements (ProSource®) to reach the advised caloric and protein intake as composed by the Dutch Centre for Nutrition (Voedingscentrum). Dietary supplements like ProSource® are extensively tested and often used as part of general practice to patients after ICU- or hospital-discharge following critical illness.
Arm Title
Standard care
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
Standard care outpatient post-ICU clinic
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Group physical therapy and dietary improvements
Intervention Description
20 patients allocated to intervention group. During 12 weeks, patients will participate in a combined lifestyle intervention, including a one-hour physical therapist guided exercise group twice a week and consultation by a nutritional scientist. In case of inadequate intake, dietary supplements will be provided.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Physical functioning
Description
Physical functioning (subscale score) measured with the Dutch 36-Item Short Form health Survey/Research and Development-36 (RAND-36) questionnaire (0-100; higher is better)
Time Frame
After the 12-week intervention program
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change in hand grip strength
Description
Hand grip strength with hand-held dynamometer (kg; higher is better)
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program
Title
Change in walking distance
Description
Walking distance with the six-minute walking test (m, higher is better)
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program
Title
Change in quadriceps muscle layer thickness
Description
Ultrasound measures of the quadriceps (mm, higher is better)
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program
Title
Change in mobility
Description
Mobility using the morton mobility index (0-100, higher is better)
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program
Title
Change in dietary intake
Description
Dietary intake using food diary
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program
Title
Change in health-related quality of life
Description
Dutch 36-Item Short Form health Survey/Research and Development-36 (RAND-36) questionnaire (0-100; higher is better)
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program
Title
Change in fatigue
Description
Short Fatigue Questionnaire (Verkorte VermoeidheidsVragenlijst) (4-28, higher is worse)
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program
Title
Change in anxiety and depression symptoms
Description
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (0-21; higher is worse)
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program
Title
Change in cognitive functioning
Description
Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ) (0-100; higher is worse)
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program
Title
Change in subjective happiness
Description
Happiness Index (HI) VAS-scale (0-10; higher is better)
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program
Title
Phase angle
Description
Bioimpedence measurements
Time Frame
Before and after the 12-week intervention program

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria Long stay post-ICU patients (length of stay ≥48h) between 6 weeks and 6 months after hospital discharge AND >18 years old AND able to visit the hospital 2 times a week AND a RAND-36 physical functioning subscale score < 67% Exclusion criteria Allergy to components of ProSource® (Allergy information: gluten-free, lactose-free, NOT cow's milk free (wey-protein), produced in a factory in which soy, wheat and nuts are processed. Inability to understand the Dutch language Actively participating in a professional physical rehabilitation program during the study period. Note: previous participation in a concluded rehabilitation program is NOT an exclusion criterion.
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Lise Beumeler
Phone
058 286 6738
Email
lise.beumeler@mcl.nl
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Medical Centre Leeuwarden
City
Leeuwarden
ZIP/Postal Code
8934AD
Country
Netherlands
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Lise Beumeler
Email
lise.beumeler@mcl.nl

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Plan to Share IPD
Undecided

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