Active clinical trials for "Pulmonary Edema"

The purpose of this study is to determine if the left and right ventricular systolic function is involved in the development of weaning failure related to weaning-induced pulmonary edema.

The objective of our study is to evaluate the efficacy of helmet ventilation as compared with Face mask in patients with respiratory failure.

In cardiogenic pulmonary edema, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) added to medical treatment improves outcome. The present study was designed to assess the benefit of CPAP as a first line treatment of cardiogenic pulmonary edema in the out-of-hospital environment.

Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE) is a common medical emergency and noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in addition to conventional medical treatment might be beneficial for patients with CPE.

This study is the first administration of GSK2798745 in humans. This will be a sponsor un-blinded, placebo-controlled study to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmacodynamics (PD) of GSK2798745, given as single and repeat oral doses to healthy subjects and stable heart failure (HF) subjects. Approximately 28 healthy subjects will be enrolled in the study cohorts (Cohort 1-3) involving single and repeat dose escalations of GSK2798745, while up to 24 stable heart failure subjects will be enrolled in Cohort 4 involving single and repeat dose administration of GSK2798745, with the dose selected based on data from healthy subject cohorts. This would be followed by enrollment of up to 8 subjects with heart failure in Cohort 5 involving repeat dose administration of GSK2798745. The study duration, including screening and follow-up, is not expected to exceed 17 weeks for subjects in the study (in any cohort).

Nearly 80% of acute heart failure (AHF) patients admitted to the hospital are initially treated in the emergency department (ED). Once admitted, within 30 days post-discharge, 27% of patients are re-hospitalized or die. Attempts to improve outcomes with novel therapies have all failed. The evidence for existing AHF therapies are poor: No currently used AHF treatment is known to improve outcomes. ED treatment is largely the same today as 40 years ago. Congestion, such as difficulty breathing, weight gain, and leg swelling, is the primary reason why patients present to the hospital for AHF. Treating congestion is the cornerstone of AHF management. Yet half of all AHF patients leave the hospital inadequately decongested. The investigators propose a novel approach to aggressively decongest patients in the ED setting: lung ultrasound guided, protocol driven, AHF management. LUS B-lines are a measure of extra-vascular lung water (EVLW). In the setting of AHF, LUS B-lines are a measure of congestion. This simple, easily learned technique has excellent reliability and reproducibility. The investigators hypothesize that a strategy-of-care will outperform usual care. At the present time, usual care is largely empirical. This study will improve the evidence base for ED AHF management. This proposed pilot study, if successful, will lead to an outcome trial examining whether an ED AHF strategy-of-care increases days alive and out of the hospital for patients.

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of albuterol versus placebo with the following specific aims: a) Treatment of brain dead organ donors with albuterol will reduce pulmonary edema, improve donor oxygenation, and increase the number of lungs available for transplantation, b) Developing a blood test to predict the development of primary graft dysfunction in lung transplant recipients, and c) treating brain dead organ donors with albuterol will decrease markers of primary graft dysfunction and lead to improved lung transplant recipient outcomes and to higher rates of lungs suitable for transplantation.

To assess the intubation rate in patients affected by severe cardiogenic pulmonary edema treated with CPAP or NPPV.

Evaluate efficacy and safety of CPAP in a randomised standard treatment controlled study, in out-of-hospital patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema.

The EVOLVE-ECMO(Early Left Atrial Venting Versus Conventional Treatment For Left VEntricular Decompression During Venoarterial ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support) study is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the prognostic effect of early LA venting(when detect B-line on serial lung ultrasound) on weaning VA-ECMO support in refractory CS who receive VA-ECMO support. The aim of EVOLVE-ECMO trial is to test the hypothesis that early LA venting would result in a significant reduction in failure of weaning ECMO support in refractory CS.