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ADHERE-LPV Advancing Delivery of High-Quality Evidence-Based Respiratory Efforts in Lung-Protective Ventilation
Sponsor: University of Minnesota
Summary
This study is a cluster randomized trial across 10 hospitals, stratified by hospital size (hospitals with greater than 100 mechanically ventilated patients a year will be classified as large, while those with 100 or fewer will be classified as small). Randomization will occur at the hospital level, ensuring an even distribution of large and small hospitals between study arms. Hospitals assigned to the intervention group will implement an EHR-based strategy designed to enhance adherence to lung-protective ventilation (LPV) for a 9-month intervention period, after which the strategy will be rolled out to all hospitals. The intervention focuses on modifying the ventilator order within the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to encourage default settings aligned with LPV principles. This study design allows for comparison of patient outcomes before and after implementation within each hospital while also enabling simultaneous comparisons between hospitals that have and have not yet received the intervention. The cluster randomization approach is necessary, given the order is controlled at the hospital level.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1125
Start Date
2025-07-01
Completion Date
2026-07-16
Last Updated
2025-07-09
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
New ventilator
The new ventilator order (intervention) was developed using economic behavior theory to decrease the cognitive burden on the ordering provider while enhancing the operability of the order itself. The strategy resulted in a new ventilator order that includes the following changes: 1. Automatic calculation of the PBW based on the most recent height 2. If the height is not available, an order to obtain a height will be generated and the choice of tidal volume will be based on cc/kg PBW 3. Simplify ventilator modes to accurately reflect the standard of care 4. Reduce duplicative information in the monitoring and comments portion of the order 5. Cascade ventilator orders based on mode to enhance visualization.
control ventilator
Current ventilator order used by control hospitals
Locations (1)
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States