New ultrasound technique could reveal hidden brain risks in babies with heart disease
NCT ID NCT07299721
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test a new, non-invasive ultrasound technique that captures brain blood flow in real time for infants with congenital heart disease. Researchers aim to understand how medical treatments and surgeries affect the brain, potentially explaining why some children later have learning or movement problems. The study will include 300 infants under 2 years old at a French hospital.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better monitoring tools to prevent brain injury in infants with heart defects.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not directly improve outcomes, and the technology may not prove clinically useful.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
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
Every patient, under two years old, receiving a transcranial Doppler in routine care in our CHD unit of intensive care and anaesthesiology for cardiovascular surgery department.
- Ages
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0 to 2 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: * Every patient under 2 years old any sex or gender hospitalised in the congenital heart disease unit of the intensive care and anaesthesia for cardiovascular surgery, CHU de Bordeaux. * Open anterior fontanella * congenital heart disease * cardiac shock necessitating mechanical circulatory support. * Social security affiliation * Parental or legal guardian's non-opposition Exclusion Criteria: * Anechoic * Allergy to echocardiography gel.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Haut Lévêque Cardiology Hospital
Pessac, France, 33604, France
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