Can tight socks and a pricier seat keep your leg veins safe at 30,000 feet?
NCT ID NCT07808931
First seen Sep 09, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are studying travelers who booked long flights to Bogota and had aesthetic surgery planned after arrival. Within economy and premium cabins, participants are assigned at random to wear knee-high compression stockings or none. Ultrasound scans of the leg veins are taken before the flight and again after landing, at 24 hours, and at 48 hours. The goal is to see whether cabin class and stockings together affect how much the popliteal vein widens.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Knee-high graduated compression stockings
- What this could lead to
- If stockings or a roomier cabin keep leg veins from widening, that could shape simple advice for people flying long distances after cosmetic surgery.
- What could go wrong
- Vein widening on an ultrasound is a proxy for clot risk, not a clot itself, so a change here may not translate into fewer real problems. The study is small and only follows travelers for 48 hours.
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Study facts
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- 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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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 to 65 years. * Commercial itinerary to Bogota with at least 4 hours of total airborne time. * Prebooked premium business/first-class or economy-class cabin documented before randomization. * No medical requirement for or contraindication to graduated compression stockings. * Ability to complete standardized ultrasound before flight and through 48 hours after arrival before surgery. * Written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Current deep venous thrombosis, therapeutic anticoagulation, or severe peripheral arterial disease. * Pregnancy. * Lower-extremity skin, neurologic, or anatomic condition preventing safe stocking use or ultrasound. * Cabin upgrade or downgrade after randomization that changes the prespecified stratum. * Surgery or major intravenous fluid therapy before the 48-hour examination. * Inability to follow the randomized stocking assignment.
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Locations
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Clinica INO
RECRUITINGBogotá, Colombia
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