Face-Down therapy may keep breathing failure patients off ventilators

NCT ID NCT06931938

First seen May 05, 2026 · Last updated May 07, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests whether placing awake patients with acute breathing failure face down (prone position) can reduce the need for a breathing tube or death within 28 days. About 342 ICU patients with pneumonia-related respiratory failure will be randomly assigned to prone or standard care. The goal is to see if this simple position change improves outcomes.

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  • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

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    Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, 20246, Germany

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