EuroECMO-COVID: European/Euro-ELSO Survey on Adult and Neonatal/ Pediatric COVID-19 Patients in ECMO

Sponsor
Maastricht University Medical Center (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT04366921
Collaborator
European chapter of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (Other), Erasmus Medical Center (Other), Leiden University Medical Center (Other), UMC Utrecht (Other), IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna (Other), Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital (Other), Niguarda Hospital (Other), Ospedale San Donato (Other), Ospedale S. Giovanni Bosco (Other), IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo (Other), The Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (Other), Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia (Other), Ospedale dell'Angelo, Venezia-Mestre (Other), University Hospital, Udine, Italy (Other), San Gerardo Hospital (Other), Ospedali Riuniti Ancona (Other), San Camillo Hospital, Rome (Other), San Giorgio Clinic (Other), GVM Care & Research (Other), San Raffaele University Hospital, Italy (Other), Ospedale San Bortolo di Vicenza (Other), Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich (Other), University of Zurich (Other), Cardiocentro Ticino (Other), Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos (Other), Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (Other), Klinikum Nürnberg (Other), Hannover Medical School (Other), Heart Center Leipzig - University Hospital (Other), University Hospital Regensburg (Other), University Hospital, Essen (Other), German Heart Center (Other), University Hospital, Aachen (Other), University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen (Other), Klinikum Kassel (Other), General University Hospital, Prague (Other), Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven (Other), Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Aalst (Other), Erasme University Hospital (Other), University Hospital, Antwerp (Other), Hôpital Civil Marie Curie de Charleroi (Other), University Hospital, Ghent (Other), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre (Other), Hospital Vall d'Hebron (Other), Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal (Other), Hospital Miguel Servet (Other), Henri Mondor University Hospital (Other), Hospices Civils de Lyon (Other), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (Other), Rennes University Hospital (Other), Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (Other), Karolinska University Hospital (Other), Hospital Sao Joao (Other), Medical University of Warsaw (Other), Universitätskliniken Innsbruck (Other), Medical University of Vienna (Other), University Hospital, Alexandroupolis (Other), Novosibirsk City Hospital #2 (Other), City Clinical Hospital No. 67, Moscow, Russia (Other), City Hospital No 40, Saint Petersburg, Russia (Other), Krasnodar Regional Hospital no 1 (Other), Kemerovo Regional Clinical Cardiological Center named after academician L.S. Barbarash (Other), City Hospital No 41, Ekaterinburg, Russia (Other), G. Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Massa (Other), Charles University, Czech Republic (Other), University Hospital, Bordeaux (Other), Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute (Other), Policlinico Hospital Milan (Other), Gaslini Children's Hospital (Other), Children's Medical Hospital, University of Essen, Essen, Germany (Other), University Hospital, Geneva (Other), Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust (Other), Paediatric Intensive Care Glasgow (Other), Paris South University Hospitals (Other), University of Groningen (Other), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (Other), Hospital Sant Joan de Deu (Other), Heim Pal Children's Hospital (Other), University Hospital, Montpellier (Other), Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust (Other), Lund University Hospital (Other), Landesklinikum Sankt Polten (Other), Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Hospital (Other), ECMO Centers Israel (Other), Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev (Other), Ospedale M. Bufalini Cesena (Other), A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza - Molinette Hospital (Other), Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital (Other), University of Bern (Other), University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland (Other), University of Lausanne Hospitals (Other), University Hospital Tuebingen (Other), Universitätsklinikum Köln (Other), Chirec (Other), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Other), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege (Other), La Louvière Hopital (Other), Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust (Other)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

In the last 10 years, severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) was responsible of multiple outbreaks putting a strain on the public health worldwide. Indeed, SARI had a relevant role in the development of pandemic and epidemic with terrible consequences such as the 2009 H1N1 pandemic which led to more than 200.000 respiratory deaths globally.

In late December 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei, China, a new respiratory syndrome emerged with clinical signs of viral pneumonia and person-to-person transmission. Tests showed the appearance of a novel coronavirus, namely the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Two other strains, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have caused severe respiratory illnesses, sometimes fatal. In particular, the mortality rate associated with SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, was of 10% and 37% respectively.

Even though COVID-19 appeared from the first time in China, quickly it spread worldwide and cases have been described in other countries such as Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, France, Iran, USA and many other countries. An early paper reported 41 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection in Wuhan. The median age of the patients was 49 years and mostly men (73%). Among those, 32% were admitted to the ICU because of the severe hypoxemia. The most associated comorbidities were diabetes (20%), hypertension (15%), and cardiovascular diseases (15%). On admission, 98% of the patients had bilateral multiple lobular and sub-segmental areas of consolidation. Importantly, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) developed in 29% of the patients, while acute cardiac injury in 12%, and secondary infection in 10%. Invasive mechanical ventilation was required in 10% of those patients, and two of these patients (5%) had refractory hypoxemia and received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). In a later retrospective report by Wang and collaborators, clinical characteristics of 138 patients with COVID-19 infection were described. ICU admission was required in 26.1% of the patients for acute respiratory distress syndrome (61.1%), arrhythmia (44.4%), and shock (30.6%). ECMO support was needed in 11% of the patients admitted to the ICU. During the period of follow-up, overall mortality was 4.3%.

The use of ECMO in COVID-19 infection is increasing due to the high transmission rate of the infection and the respiratory-related mortality.

Therefore, the investigators believe that ECMO in case of severe interstitial pneumonia caused by COVID could represent a valid solution in order to avoid lung injuries related to prolonged treatment with non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation. In addition, ECMO could have a role for the systemic complications such as septic and cardiogenic shock as well myocarditis scenarios. Potential clinical effects and outcomes of the ECMO support in the novel coronavirus pandemic will be recorded and analyzed in our project.

The researchers hypothesize that a significant percentage of patients with COVID-19 infection will require the utilize of ECMO for refactory hypoxemia, cardiogenic shock or septic shock. This study seeks to prove this hypothesis by conducting an observational retrospective/prospective study of patients in the ICU who underwent ECMO support and describe clinical features, severity of pulmonary dysfunction and risk factors of COVID-patients who need ECMO support, the incidence of ECMO use, ECMO technical characteristics, duration of ECMO, complications and outcomes of COVID-patients requiring ECMO support.

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Anticipated Enrollment :
150 participants
Observational Model:
Cohort
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
European/Euro-ELSO Survey on Adult and Neonatal/ Pediatric COVID Patients in ECMO
Actual Study Start Date :
Apr 10, 2020
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2022
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2022

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Age [at baseline]

    age in years

  2. Gender [at baseline]

    male/female

  3. Weight [at baseline]

    in kilograms

  4. Height [at baseline]

    in meters

  5. BMI [at baseline]

    weight and height combined to calculate BMI in kg/m^2

  6. Pre-existing pulmonary disease y/n [at baseline]

    Asthma y/n, cystic fibrosis y/n, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease y/n, pulmonary hypertension y/n, pulmonary fibrosis y/n, chronic restrictive lung disease y/n

  7. Main co-morbidities y/n [at baseline]

    diabetes mellitus y/n, chronic renal failure y/n, ischemic heart disease y/n, heart failure y/n, chronic liver failure y/n, neurological impairment y/n

  8. Date of signs of COVID-19 infection [at baseline or date of occurence]

    in dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy

  9. Date of positive swab [at baseline or date of occurence]

    in dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy

  10. Pre-ECMO length of hospital stay [at or during ECMO-implant]

    in days

  11. Pre-ECMO length of ICU stay [at or during ECMO-implant]

    in days

  12. Pre-ECMO length of mechanical ventilation days [at or during ECMO-implant]

    in days

  13. Use of antibiotics [up to 6 months]

    y/n, what kind

  14. Use of anti-viral treatment [up to 6 months]

    y/n, what kind

  15. Use of second line treatment [up to 6 months]

    y/n, what kind (eg prone-position, recruitment manoeuvers, neuromuscular blockade etc)

  16. Indications for ECMO-implant [at ECMO-implant]

    respiratory or cardiac

  17. Type of ECMO-implant [at ECMO-implant]

    veno-venous, veno-arterial or veno-venoarterial

  18. Type of access [at ECMO-implant]

    peripheral or central

  19. Date of ECMO implant [at ECMO-implant]

    in dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy

  20. ECMO blood flow rate [from day of ECMO-implant for every 24 hours until date of weaning or death, up to 6 months]

    l/min

  21. ECMO gas flow rate [from day of ECMO-implant for every 24 hours until date of weaning or death, up to 6 months]

    l/min

  22. ECMO configuration change [up to 6 months]

    y/n

  23. Date of ECMO configuration change [up to 6 months]

    in dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy

  24. New ECMO configuration [up to 6 months]

    veno-venous, veno-arterial, veno-venoarterial, other

  25. Indications for ECMO configuration change [up to 6 months]

    right ventricular failure, left ventricular failure, refractory hypoxemia

  26. Ventilator setting on ECMO [from day of ECMO-implant for every 24 hours until date of weaning or death, up to 6 months]

    settings of ventilator

  27. Anticoagulation during ECMO [from day of ECMO-implant for every 24 hours until date of weaning or death, up to 6 months]

    heparin, bivalirudin, nothing

  28. Frequency of ECMO circuit change [up to 6 months]

    amount of ECMO circuit changes (1, 2, 3 etc.)

  29. ECMO complications [up to 6 months]

    Hemorrhagic, infection, other complications

  30. ECMO Weaning [from day of ECMO-implant for every 24 hours until date of weaning or death, up to 6 months]

    y/n

  31. ICU discharge [from day of ICU-admission for every 24 hours until date of discharge or death, up to 6 months]

    y/n, date

  32. Main cause of death [6 months]

  33. Type of discharge [up to 6 months]

    Ward, another ICU, rehabilitation center, home

  34. Alive/deceased [6 months]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection by real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction)

  • ECMO for treatment severe lung disease COVID-19 related

Exclusion Criteria:
  • Patients treated with ECMO for other concomitant causes.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Universitätskliniken Innsbruck Innsbruck Austria
2 Landesklinikum Sankt Polten St.Pölten Austria
3 Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria
4 Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Aalst Aalst Belgium
5 University Hospital, Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
6 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre Brussels Belgium
7 Chirec Brussels Belgium
8 Erasme University Hospital Brussel Belgium
9 Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel Brussel Belgium
10 Hôpital Civil Marie Curie de Charleroi Charleroi Belgium
11 University Hospital, Ghent Ghent Belgium
12 La Louvière Hopital La Louvière Belgium
13 Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven Leuven Belgium
14 CHU de Liege Liège Belgium
15 Charles University, Czech Republic Praha Czechia
16 General University Hospital, Prague Praha Czechia
17 Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev Copenhagen Denmark
18 University Hospital, Bordeaux Bourdeaux France
19 Hospices Civils de Lyon Lyon France
20 University Hospital, Montpellier Montpellier France
21 Henri Mondor University Hospital Paris France
22 Paris South University Hospitals Paris France
23 Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Paris France
24 Rennes University Hospital Rennes France
25 University Hospital, Aachen Aachen Germany
26 German Heart Center Berlin Germany
27 Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Germany
28 Children's Medical Hospital, University of Essen, Essen, Germany Essen Germany
29 University Hospital, Essen Essen Germany
30 University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen Freiburg Germany
31 Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany
32 Klinikum Kassel Kassel Germany
33 Universitätsklinikum Köln Köln Germany
34 Heart Center Leipzig - University Hospital Leipzig Germany
35 Klinikum Nürnberg Nürnberg Germany
36 University Hospital Regensburg Regensburg Germany
37 University Hospital Tuebingen Tuebingen Germany
38 University Hospital, Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis Greece
39 Heim Pal Children's Hospital Budapest Hungary
40 ECMO Centers Israel Jerusalem Israel
41 San Giorgio Clinic Alessandria Italy
42 Ospedali Riuniti Ancona Ancona Italy
43 Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital Bergamo Italy
44 St. Orsola Hospital Bologna Italy
45 Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia Brescia Italy
46 Ospedale Maurizio Bufalini Cesena Italy
47 Gaslini Children's Hospital Genua Italy
48 G. Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Massa Massa Italy
49 Policlinico Hospital Milan Milano Italy
50 Niguarda Hospital Milan Italy
51 Ospedale San Donato Milan Italy
52 San Raffaele University Hospital, Italy Milan Italy
53 San Gerardo Hospital Monza Italy
54 IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Pavia Italy
55 GVM Care & Research Puglia Italy
56 Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute Roma Italy
57 San Camillo Hospital, Rome Roma Italy
58 A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza - Molinette Hospital Turin Italy
59 Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital Turin Italy
60 Ospedale S. Giovanni Bosco Turin Italy
61 University Hospital, Udine, Italy Udine Italy
62 Ospedale dell'Angelo, Venezia-Mestre Venice Italy
63 Ospedale San Bortolo di Vicenza Vicenza Italy
64 Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos Vilnius Lithuania
65 University of Groningen Groningen Netherlands
66 Leiden University Medical Center Leiden Netherlands
67 Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht Netherlands
68 Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam Netherlands
69 UMC Utrecht Utrecht Netherlands
70 Medical University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland
71 Hospital Sao Joao Porto Portugal
72 Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Hospital Chelyabinsk Russian Federation
73 City Hospital No 41, Ekaterinburg, Russia Ekaterinburg Russian Federation
74 Kemerovo Regional Clinical Cardiological Center named after academician L.S. Barbarash Kemerovo Russian Federation
75 Krasnodar Regional Hospital no 1 Krasnodar Russian Federation
76 City Clinical Hospital No. 67, Moscow, Russia Moscow Russian Federation
77 Novosibirsk City Hospital #2 Novosibirsk Russian Federation
78 City Hospital No 40, Saint Petersburg, Russia Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
79 Hospital Sant Joan de Deu Barcelona Spain
80 Hospital Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Spain
81 Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal Madrid Spain
82 Hospital Miguel Servet Zaragoza Spain
83 Lund University Hospital Lund Sweden
84 Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden
85 University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland Basel Switzerland
86 University of Bern Bern Switzerland
87 University Hospital, Geneva Geneva Switzerland
88 University of Lausanne Hospitals Lausanne Switzerland
89 Cardiocentro Ticino Lugano Switzerland
90 Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich Zürich Switzerland
91 University of Zurich Zürich Switzerland
92 Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust Brompton United Kingdom
93 Paediatric Intensive Care Glasgow Glasgow United Kingdom
94 Leicester Children's Hospital Leicester United Kingdom
95 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust London United Kingdom
96 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London United Kingdom
97 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust Newcastle Upon Tyne United Kingdom

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Maastricht University Medical Center
  • European chapter of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
  • Erasmus Medical Center
  • Leiden University Medical Center
  • UMC Utrecht
  • IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
  • Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital
  • Niguarda Hospital
  • Ospedale San Donato
  • Ospedale S. Giovanni Bosco
  • IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
  • The Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies
  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia
  • Ospedale dell'Angelo, Venezia-Mestre
  • University Hospital, Udine, Italy
  • San Gerardo Hospital
  • Ospedali Riuniti Ancona
  • San Camillo Hospital, Rome
  • San Giorgio Clinic
  • GVM Care & Research
  • San Raffaele University Hospital, Italy
  • Ospedale San Bortolo di Vicenza
  • Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich
  • University of Zurich
  • Cardiocentro Ticino
  • Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos
  • Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
  • Klinikum Nürnberg
  • Hannover Medical School
  • Heart Center Leipzig - University Hospital
  • University Hospital Regensburg
  • University Hospital, Essen
  • German Heart Center
  • University Hospital, Aachen
  • University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen
  • Klinikum Kassel
  • General University Hospital, Prague
  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
  • Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Aalst
  • Erasme University Hospital
  • University Hospital, Antwerp
  • Hôpital Civil Marie Curie de Charleroi
  • University Hospital, Ghent
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre
  • Hospital Vall d'Hebron
  • Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
  • Hospital Miguel Servet
  • Henri Mondor University Hospital
  • Hospices Civils de Lyon
  • Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
  • Rennes University Hospital
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
  • Karolinska University Hospital
  • Hospital Sao Joao
  • Medical University of Warsaw
  • Universitätskliniken Innsbruck
  • Medical University of Vienna
  • University Hospital, Alexandroupolis
  • Novosibirsk City Hospital #2
  • City Clinical Hospital No. 67, Moscow, Russia
  • City Hospital No 40, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Krasnodar Regional Hospital no 1
  • Kemerovo Regional Clinical Cardiological Center named after academician L.S. Barbarash
  • City Hospital No 41, Ekaterinburg, Russia
  • G. Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Massa
  • Charles University, Czech Republic
  • University Hospital, Bordeaux
  • Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
  • Policlinico Hospital Milan
  • Gaslini Children's Hospital
  • Children's Medical Hospital, University of Essen, Essen, Germany
  • University Hospital, Geneva
  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Paediatric Intensive Care Glasgow
  • Paris South University Hospitals
  • University of Groningen
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
  • Hospital Sant Joan de Deu
  • Heim Pal Children's Hospital
  • University Hospital, Montpellier
  • Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
  • Lund University Hospital
  • Landesklinikum Sankt Polten
  • Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Hospital
  • ECMO Centers Israel
  • Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev
  • Ospedale M. Bufalini Cesena
  • A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza - Molinette Hospital
  • Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital
  • University of Bern
  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
  • University of Lausanne Hospitals
  • University Hospital Tuebingen
  • Universitätsklinikum Köln
  • Chirec
  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege
  • La Louvière Hopital
  • Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lorusso, Prof. Dr., Maastricht University Hospital

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

Responsible Party:
Maastricht University Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT04366921
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • METC 2020-1343
First Posted:
Apr 29, 2020
Last Update Posted:
Sep 5, 2021
Last Verified:
Aug 1, 2021
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 5, 2021