A new care bundle aims to stop dangerous drops in body temperature after surgery
NCT ID NCT06829017
First seen Aug 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a structured care bundle designed to help nurses detect, manage, and prevent postoperative hypothermia—a common complication where body temperature drops dangerously low after surgery. The bundle includes steps for diagnosing hypothermia, maintaining normal temperature, and monitoring temperature regularly. Researchers will pilot it in a cardiovascular surgery intensive care unit and measure how consistently nurses follow the bundle, aiming for at least 95% compliance.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Postoperative Hypothermia Management Care Bundle
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this care bundle could become a standard approach to reduce dangerous drops in body temperature after surgery, improving patient safety and recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study in one intensive care unit, so results may not apply broadly. Success depends on nurses consistently following the bundle, and the trial does not yet measure direct patient outcomes like complications.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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90 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: For Nurses * Working as a nurse in Cardiovascular Surgery Intensive Care Unit for at least 6 months * Volunteering to participate in the study For patients to be cared for during the pilot implementation of the care bundle: * 18 years of age or older * Being in the first 24 hours of postoperative follow-up in the Cardiovascular Surgery Intensive Care Unit * He/she or his/her legal representative has given consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: For nurses * Leaving the Cardiovascular Surgery Intensive Care Unit before the completion of the study period * Unwillingness to continue working For patients to be cared for during the piloting of the care package: \- Emergency surgical operations, patients with abnormal thermoregulation such as malignant hyperthermia and neuroleptic malignant syndrome and patients with ASA IV-V
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hacettepe University adult hospital
Ankara, ABD Veya Kanada'daysanız Lütfen Seçin..., 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)
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