Simple blood test may spot hidden lung clots in ICU patients
NCT ID NCT05855317
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at 170 adults with severe breathing failure (ARDS) in the ICU. Researchers will take a blood sample to measure a clotting marker and then check if those who develop a pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lung) have higher levels. The goal is to see if this blood test can help doctors detect dangerous clots earlier.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 170 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
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
Patients with ARDS admitted to the intensive care unit
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient 18 years of age or older, * Patient who has given his/her non-opposition to participate in this study, or alternatively, patient for whom a relative has given his/her non-opposition to participate in this study, * Patient admitted to intensive care for less than 24 hours, * Patient with ARDS according to the Berlin criteria, * Hypoxemia with PaO2/FiO2 ratio ≤ 300 on mechanical ventilation under PEEP ≥ 5 cmH2O, * Bilateral alveolar-interstitial opacities on chest imaging (chest X-ray or CT), * Exclusion of a cardiogenic cause on echocardiography, * Acute or subacute onset within 7 days based on the clinical-radiological profile. Exclusion Criteria: * Positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR in a pharyngeal or respiratory sample (cytobacteriological examination of sputum, bronchial aspiration or bronchoalveolar lavage) prior to admission to the intensive care unit, * Patient with a pathology affecting the coagulation process or endothelial function (hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, etc.), * Patient receiving curative anticoagulant treatment before admission to the intensive care unit, * Patient undergoing extracorporeal veno-venous respiratory assistance (ECMO-VV) before admission to the intensive care unit, * Patient undergoing extra-renal purification with systemic anticoagulation with heparin before admission to the intensive care unit, * Persons referred to in articles L. 1121-5 to L. 1121-8 of the Public Health Code (minor patients, adult patients under tutorship or guardianship, patients deprived of their liberty, pregnant or nursing women), * Moribund patients for whom the life expectancy is less than 24 hours according to the opinion of the investigating physician.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service Médecine intensive et réanimation
RECRUITINGMarseille, 13015, France
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