Respiratory Distress Syndrome clinical trials at UCLA

2 research studies open to eligible people

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  • Spinal Cord Stimulation to Shorten Ventilator Dependence in ARDS Patients

    open to eligible people ages 18 years and up

    This is an early phase, proof-of-concept clinical trial assessing the safety and feasibility of non-invasive spinal cord stimulation to prevent respiratory muscle atrophy in mechanically ventilated ARDS patients. The investigators will recruit 10 elective surgery patients (surgery cohort) and 10 ARDS patients (ARDS cohort) for this study. A non-invasive, alpha-prototype Restore Technology stimulator using hydrogel surface electrodes will be used to stimulate the spinal cord at the cervical or thoracic level.

    Los Angeles, California

  • ARDS in Children and ECMO Initiation Strategies Impact on Neurodevelopment (ASCEND)

    open to eligible people ages up to 20 years

    ASCEND researchers are partnering with families of children who receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) after a sudden failure of breathing named pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS). ECMO is a life support technology that uses an artificial lung outside of the body to do the lung's work. ASCEND has two objectives. The first objective is to learn more about children's abilities and quality of life among ECMO-supported children in the year after they leave the pediatric intensive care unit. The second objective is to compare short and long-term patient outcomes in two groups of children: one group managed with a mechanical ventilation protocol that reserves the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) until protocol failure to another group supported on ECMO per usual care.

    Los Angeles, California and other locations

Our lead scientists for Respiratory Distress Syndrome research studies include .

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