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. 2018 Jun 4;2018(6):CD008687. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008687.pub2

NCT02290327.

Trial name or title Re‐evaluating the inhibition of stress erosions: gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis In ICU (REVISE)
Methods Quadruple blind parallel‐group randomised controlled study
Participants Inclusion criteria
  • Adults ≥ 18 years

  • Anticipated invasive mechanical ventilation ≥ 48 hours, as determined by the intensivist


Exclusion criteria
  • Invasive mechanical ventilation > 72 hours before randomisation

  • Must receive PPI owing to active bleeding or increased bleeding risk (e.g. patients with acute GI bleeding, recent severe oesophagitis, Zollinger‐Ellison syndrome, Barrett's oesophagus, peptic ulcer bleeding within 8 weeks (mild dyspepsia or mild gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease will not be excluded))

  • Receiving dual antiplatelet therapy aspirin and clopidogrel before randomisation

  • Palliative care or decision to withdraw advanced life support (decision to forego cardiopulmonary resuscitation will not be excluded)

  • Previous enrolment in this or a related study

  • Pregnancy

  • Physician, patient, or substitute decision‐maker (SDM) declines

  • Two or more "daily doses" of prophylaxis with H2RA or PPI (1 day of a single PPI dose is not an exclusion criterion if once‐daily dosing of PPI prophylaxis was administered; 1 day of bid (twice‐daily) dosing of an H2RA is not an exclusion criterion if twice‐daily H2RA prophylaxis was administered; 1 day of 3 times daily dosing of an H2RA is not an exclusion criterion if thrice‐daily H2RA prophylaxis was administered)

Interventions Intervention: pantoprazole 40 mg in 50 mL 0.9% normal saline intravenously once daily
Control: placebo 50 mL of 0.9% normal saline intravenously once daily
Outcomes Primary outcomes
  • Consent rate [time frame: 12 months]. This will be calculated as the overall proportion of consented patients of those substitute decision‐makers (SDMs) approached (with 95% CI). A successful consent rate will be defined as ≥ 70% of SDMs approached to consent

  • Recruitment rate [time frame: 12 months]. A successful recruitment rate will be defined as achieving enrolment of 60 patients, conventionally expressed as 2 patients per canter per month over 12 months

  • Protocol adherence [time frame: 12 months ]. This will be calculated as doses of study drug administered as a proportion of doses prescribed and associated 95% confidence intervals. Successful adherence will be defined as ≥ 80% of prescribed drugs being administered


Secondary outcomes
  • Clinically important upper gastrointestinal bleeding [time frame: during ICU stay (expected average is 10 days)]

  • Ventilator‐associated pneumonia [time frame: during ICU stay (expected average is 10 days)]

  • Mortality [time frame: during ICU and hospital stay (expected average ICU stay is 10 days, expected average hospital stay is 30 days)]

  • Clostridium difficile infection [time frame: during ICU stay (expected average ICU stay is 10 days)]

Starting date May 2015
Contact information
Notes clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT02290327