Could a simple Breath-Hold during surgery help obese patients recover faster?
NCT ID NCT02592226
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a special lung-opening maneuver during anesthesia can reduce breathing problems and oxygen needs after weight-loss surgery. Researchers studied 230 obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Half received the extra lung-opening procedure, while the other half received standard care. The goal was to see if this technique lowers the risk of complications like shortness of breath and low oxygen levels.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- alveolar recruitment maneuver (a lung-opening procedure during anesthesia)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this simple breathing procedure could become standard practice to help obese patients breathe easier and recover faster after weight-loss surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study, but the maneuver may not significantly improve outcomes for all patients. Results may not apply to people with severe lung or heart conditions.
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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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230 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2015
- Finished
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Dec 2017
- 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 65 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: * Patients surgery for bariatric surgery (sleeve, gastric bypass, gastric banding ablation) * planned surgery, * ASA 1-2-3, Exclusion Criteria: * Severe COPD * Severe emphysema, * Pneumothorax, * Right sided heart failure, * Severe heart failure * Emergency surgery, * ASA 4
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nice
Nice, 06003, France
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