Heart surgery ICU study aims to reduce Post-Op deaths
NCT ID NCT06154473
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study observed 528 adults who had heart surgery and were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Researchers tracked deaths, serious complications like stroke or infection, and patient details to identify risk factors. The goal is to use this information to improve care and outcomes for future heart surgery patients.
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 study could help doctors better predict and prevent serious complications after heart surgery, potentially saving lives.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it cannot prove what causes complications. The findings may not apply to all hospitals or patient groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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528 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- 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
Centers with experience in cardiac surgery will be invited to participate in the study. It is planned that patients undergoing cardiac surgery will be included consecutively during the study period, which will be determined later. The study population will consist of patients undergoing open heart surgery or percutaneous cardiovascular surgery, and the following surgeries will be included: valve repair (or replacement) and/or coronary artery bypass grafting.
- 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: * Adult patients (age 18 years or older). * Cardiac surgeries requiring postoperative care in the ICU. Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusive palliative care or advance directive expressing desire for limitation of life support (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, invasive mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy). * Moribund patient. * Surgery for implant of cardiac implantable electronic device (implantable cardioverter defibrillator, cardiac pacemaker). * Patients previously included in this study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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