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Careful Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (CAVIARDS)

Principal Investigator(s):

Laurent Brochard

Status: Enrolling

CAVIARDS COVID is part of a broader program of research on individualized ventilation for ARDS.

For more, see CAreful Ventilation In ARDS - Figure and centres. 


Coordinators:

Melissa Giamou

Participating Centres:

There are 29 centres in this study with expertise in ventilation and respiratory mechanics in ARDS.

Toronto (Brochard, St Michael’s; Ferguson, Toronto General: both centres collaborate on physiological and clinical studies).

Montreal: McGill (Dr Rubulotta), Beijing, China (Drs Zhou; Dr Chen, currently in Toronto)

Angers and Poitiers, France (Dr Mercat, Dr Coudroy)

In addition, with REVA Network additional 14 centres (Paris, Lille, Creteil, Nice, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Cholet, …), Italy (Drs Antonelli, Grieco, Spadaro, Cinnella).

Santiago de Chile (Dr Bruhn); Buenos-Aires (Drs Rodriguez, Murias); Guadalajara, Mexico (Dr Ibarra).

Co-investigators:

Dr. Irene Telias, Co-Investigator
Dr. Lu Chen, Co-Investigator
Thomas Piraino RRT, Research Collaborator
Annemijn Jonkman, Research Collaborator
Dr. Arthur Slustky
Dr. Niall Ferguson
Dr. Peter Juni
Dr. Kevin Thorpe