Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:27 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:27 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00961168
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Both medical and surgical patients undergoing mechanical ventilatory support who meet criteria for Acute Lung Injury (ALI) or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) as defined by the European-American Consensus Conference,
* Mechanical ventilation via an endotracheal or tracheotomy tube,
* PaO2/FiO2 \< 300 mmHg with bilateral infiltrates on chest radiogram,
* Clinical management with lung protective ventilation (Tidal volume \< 8 mL/kg).
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients receiving "comfort care",
* High cervical spinal cord injury or other neuromuscular disease,
* Prisoners,
* Pregnancy,
* Less than 18 years of age,
* Facial fractures and coagulopathies,
* Patients placed on psychiatric hold.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
85 Years
Study:
NCT00961168
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00961168