Pharmacodynamic Analysis of the HaemOdynamic Effects of a Standard Fluid BolUS

ConditionShock
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorBicetre Hospital

About this trial

When the flow of blood ejected by the heart drops significantly, that is to say when there is "shock", one of the first treatments undertaken is often volume expansion. This treatment consists of injecting a liquid intravenously, generally in the form of a bolus, that is to say a dose of solute administered all at once, of 250 to 500 mL of fluid over approximately 10 to 30 minutes. The injected fluid expands the blood volume and fills the heart pump, in order to increase the flow it ejects.

However, this treatment poses two problems. First, it is only inconsistently effective. It is possible that of the 250-500 mL of fluid administered in the standard way, only a part is effective, whereas, as the effectiveness decreases during the infusion, the rest does not increase cardiac output significantly.

However, the average part of the total volume that is ineffective on a large population of patients is not well known.

Second, the effects of volume expansion on cardiac output decrease rapidly after the end of administration. However, the average duration of effectiveness of a 250-500 mL fluid bolus, and the factors that influence this duration of effectiveness, are not well determined.

The main objective of this research is to measure, among the volume of a fluid bolus, which part does not significantly increase cardiac output. The secondary objective is to measure the average time of effectiveness after the end of the infusion and the factors that influence it.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age ≥18 years old

Hospitalisation in intensive care

Haemodynamic monitoring already in place with a pulse wave contour analysis-derived estimation of cardiac output (either calibrated or uncalibrated)

Decision taken by the clinicians in charge of the patient to perform volume expansion by intravenous infusion of a 6 mL/kg crystalloid bolus

Disqualifiers

Pregnancy

Refusal to participate by relatives of the patient or the patient himself

Other therapeutic modification during volume expansion

Trial population

Patients hospitalized in intensive care unit and with shock for whom a fluid challenge is administered

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • fluid challenge

    Drug

    Fluid bolus of 500 mL of crystalloids given at a constant rate between 10 and 15 minutes

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

To measure, during the administration of a fluid bolus in order to perform volume expansion, the volume of fluid which causes an increase in cardiac output of less than 15%.

We will measure, among the volume administered (500mL), the proportion of infused volume which allowed an increase in cardiac output ≥15% compared to the baseline value. This baseline value will be defined by the average measured over the minute preceding the start of the fluid infusion

Time frame
During the fluid bolus administration (<15min)

Secondary outcomes

1

The maximum amplitude of the change induced by volume expansion in cardiac output, mean arterial pressure and central venous pressure

The maximum amplitude, expressed as an absolute value and as a percentage of the baseline value, as defined above, of the change induced by volume expansion in cardiac output, mean arterial pressure and central venous pressure

Time frame
During the fluid bolus administration (<15min)
2

The delay at which this maximum effect appears in terms of cardiac output, mean arterial pressure and central venous pressure

Time frame
During the fluid bolus administration (<15min)
3

The time following the end of the infusion from which the cardiac output becomes ≤5% of the baseline value

Time frame
A period of 120 minutes following the fluid infusion
4

The factors that influence these pharmacokinetic variables will be determined

Time frame
During the study period (during fluid administration and the period of 120 minutes following the infusion)

Other outcomes

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