Japan Intensive Care ECMO Consortium: Nationwide Effort for ECMO Care Optimization and eXcellence sTudy

JRCT ID: jRCT1040240168

Registered date:17/01/2025

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• Date of first enrollment: 01/01/2018
• Target sample size: 2500
• Study type: Observational
• Intervention(s): none

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome

Weaning failure within 30 days of ECMO decannulation, which is a composite of death, ECMO reinitiation, or bridging to transplantation (left ventricular assist device or heart/lung transplantation)
Inhospital moratality

• Secondary Outcome: Laboratory data. CT Imaging. Functional outcomes were assessed using standardized scales, including the Johns Hopkins Safe Patient Handling Mobility, Barthel Index, ICU Mobility Scale, Medical Research Council Score, and Clinical Frailty Scale. These assessments were performed at three specific time points: ICU discharge, seven days after ICU discharge, and hospital discharge.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 18age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

Between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2023, individuals meeting the following criteria:
Aged 18 years or older
Required ECMO management in the intensive care unit of Nagoya University Hospital or Participating sites

• Exclude criteria: None (Appropriate exclusion criteria will be defined for each specific clinical question.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kasugai Daisuke
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Nagoya University