New study aims to uncover hidden lung danger in ventilator patients
NCT ID NCT07512713
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how often the airways close in critically ill adults who need a breathing machine (ventilator) in the ICU. About 500 patients across 39 ICUs will have a simple bedside test to check for airway closure. The goal is to learn more about this common but under-recognized issue, which can affect how doctors set the ventilator and may lead to lung injury. No changes to patient care will be made; this is purely an observation study.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
Eligible patients will be prospectively included over a period of two weeks (14 consecutive days) in 38 intensive care units in France.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years old * Patients admitted to a participating ICU * Patients receiving invasively ventilation for any cause We will only include patients under controlled mechanical ventilation because airway closure is difficult to assess in spontaneously breathing patients. Non-inclusion Criteria: * A patient admitted to hospital or transferred to the intensive care unit without a documented time of intubation * Have a tracheotomy/tracheostomy at the time of inclusion * Are receiving an assist ventilation mode * Patient or relative's refusal to participate for data collection * Pregnant or breast-feeding women * Legal protection (i.e., patient under a tutelage, or curatorship, or placed under judicial incarceration)
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, France