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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2017 Jul 31;7(7):e016765.
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016765.

Rationale and study design for an individualised perioperative open-lung ventilatory strategy with a high versus conventional inspiratory oxygen fraction (iPROVE-O2) and its effects on surgical site infection: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Carlos Ferrando  1 , Marina Soro  1 , Carmen Unzueta  2 , Jaume Canet  3 , Gerardo Tusman  4 , Fernando Suarez-Sipmann  5   6 , Julian Librero  7 , Salvador Peiró  8 , Natividad Pozo  1 , Carlos Delgado  1 , Maite Ibáñez  9 , César Aldecoa  10 , Ignacio Garutti  11 , David Pestaña  12 , Aurelio Rodríguez  13 , Santiago García Del Valle  14 , Oscar Diaz-Cambronero  15 , Jaume Balust  16 , Francisco Javier Redondo  17 , Manuel De La Matta  18 , Lucía Gallego  19 , Manuel Granell  20 , Pascual Martínez  21 , Ana Pérez  22 , Sonsoles Leal  23 , Kike Alday  24 , Pablo García  25 , Pablo Monedero  26 , Rafael Gonzalez  27 , Guido Mazzinari  28 , Gerardo Aguilar  1 , Jesús Villar  5   29   30 , Francisco Javier Belda  1 ; iPROVE-O2 Network Group
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Rationale and study design for an individualised perioperative open-lung ventilatory strategy with a high versus conventional inspiratory oxygen fraction (iPROVE-O2) and its effects on surgical site infection: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Carlos Ferrando et al. BMJ Open. .

Abstract

Introduction: Surgical site infection (SSI) is a serious postoperative complication that increases morbidity and healthcare costs. SSIs tend to increase as the partial pressure of tissue oxygen decreases: previous trials have focused on trying to reduce them by comparing high versus conventional inspiratory oxygen fractions (FIO2) in the perioperative period but did not use a protocolised ventilatory strategy. The open-lung ventilatory approach restores functional lung volume and improves gas exchange, and therefore it may increase the partial pressure of tissue oxygen for a given FIO2. The trial presented here aims to compare the efficacy of high versus conventional FIO2 in reducing the overall incidence of SSIs in patients by implementing a protocolised and individualised global approach to perioperative open-lung ventilation.

Methods and analysis: This is a comparative, prospective, multicentre, randomised and controlled two-arm trial that will include 756 patients scheduled for abdominal surgery. The patients will be randomised into two groups: (1) a high FIO2 group (80% oxygen; FIO2 of 0.80) and (2) a conventional FIO2 group (30% oxygen; FIO2 of 0.30). Each group will be assessed intra- and postoperatively. The primary outcome is the appearance of postoperative SSI complications. Secondary outcomes are the appearance of systemic and pulmonary complications.

Ethics and dissemination: The iPROVE-O2 trial has been approved by the Ethics Review Board at the reference centre (the Hospital Clínico Universitario in Valencia). Informed consent will be obtained from all patients before their participation. If the approach using high FIO2 during individualised open-lung ventilation decreases SSIs, use of this method will become standard practice for patients scheduled for future abdominal surgery. Publication of the results is anticipated in early 2019.

Trial registration number: NCT02776046; Pre-results.

Keywords: open lung ventilation; oxygen; perioperative; surgical site infection.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The study is an investigator-initiated trial which will be promoted by the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital Clínico Universitario in Valencia, Spain.

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CONSORT flow diagram of iPROVE-O2.
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Alveolar recruitment manoeuvre and PEEP titration trial protocol. Crs, respiratory system compliance; I:E, inspiratory-to-expiratory ratio; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; PCV, pressure controlled ventilation; RM, recruitment manoeuvre; RR, respiratory rate; VCV, volume controlled ventilation.
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