Could a CO2-Removal device save lives in severe COPD attacks?
NCT ID NCT05546606
First seen Jul 09, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial investigates whether adding a device that removes carbon dioxide from the blood (ECCO2R) to standard care improves survival in people with very severe flare-ups of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The study includes patients at high risk of needing a breathing tube or already on a ventilator. Researchers compare outcomes between those receiving standard care alone and those also receiving ECCO2R therapy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ECCO2R therapy using the Xenios platform (a device that removes carbon dioxide from the blood)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could reduce the need for invasive ventilation and lower death rates during severe COPD flare-ups.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study with only 17 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The device carries risks like bleeding, infection, and blood clots.
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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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17 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Finished
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Apr 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.
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years * Known or suspected diagnosis of COPD based on clinical history, pulmonary function test when available, arterial blood gases, physical examination, and chest radiograph * Worsening dyspnea for \< 2 weeks * Written informed consent signed by patients or their surrogates, with possibility of an emergency procedure with deferred consent * Patient affiliated to a Social Security System (excluding "AME: aide médicale d'état") * Negative serum or urinary β-hCG for women of child-bearing potential * Very severe AE criteria defined either by: 1. Stratum 1: high likelihood of NIV failure defined by PaCO2 \> 55 mmHg and pH \< 7.25, either at baseline and/or after at least one hour of NIV 2. Stratum 2: intubation and IMV since less than 72 hrs, either after NIV failure and/or with pH \< 7.30 and PaCO2 \> 55 mmHg and PEEPi (end-expiratory occlusion) \> 5 cmH2O, while on Assist-Controlled Ventilation with the following parameters: VT: 8 ml/kg, RR: 12/min., applied PEEP: 0 cmH2O Exclusion Criteria: * Hemodynamic instability * Known allergy to heparin or to any of the excipients of the specialty used * Contra-indications to heparin listed in the SmPC of the specialty used. * History of type II Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia * Thrombocytopenia (platelets \< 100.000/mm3) * Recent major surgery * Haemorrhagic disorders such as: * Organic lesion likely to bleed * Bleeding manifestations or tendencies linked to disorders of hemostasis * Intracerebral hemorrhage * Uncontrolled arrhythmia * Bleeding diathesis * Body Mass Index \> 35 kg/m2 * PaO2/FiO2 \< 180 mmHg * Do not intubate order * Fibrosing idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis (based on the available medical files) * Neuromuscular diseases (based on the available medical files) * Patients with tracheotomy * Patients with severe concomitant chronic systemic disease with a limited probability of survival (\< 6 months) * Severely disabled (confinement to bed and inability to wash or dress alone) patients before AE * Pregnant woman * Participation in another interventional study involving human participants up to their ICU discharge, whether the studies include an investigational medical device, or being in the exclusion period at the end of a previous 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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CH Le Mans
Le Mans, 72000, France
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CHD de Vendée
La Roche-sur-Yon, 85925, France
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CHR Orléans
Orléans, 45067, France
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CHRU Bretonneau
Tours, 37044, France
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CHU Angers
Angers, 49933, France
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CHU Besançon
Besançon, 25030, France
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CHU Lapeyronie
Montpellier, 34295, France
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CHU Pontchaillou
Rennes, 35033, France
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CHU Rouen
Rouen, 76031, France
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CHU la Milétrie
Poitiers, 86021, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Saint Denis
Saint-Denis, 93200, France
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Hôpital Avicennes, AP-HP
Bobigny, 93009, France
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Hôpital Cochin - APHP
Paris, 75014, France
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Hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, AP-HP
Paris, 75013, France
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Hôpital Nord
Marseille, 13015, France
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Hôpital Tenon
Paris, 75020, France
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Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Robert Picqué
Villenave-d'Ornon, 33882, France
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Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse
Lyon, 69317, France
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Hôpital européen Georges Pompidou - APHP
Paris, 75015, France
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Nouvel Hôpital Civil Strasbourg
Strasbourg, 67091, France
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