Wireless monitors could catch deadly breathing lapses after surgery
NCT ID NCT02907255
First seen Aug 10, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether continuous pulse oximetry with wireless alerts to clinicians can reduce serious breathing complications (respiratory depression) after surgery. Patients on two surgical wards will be monitored continuously instead of every four hours. The goal is to see if this technology improves safety and helps maintain effective pain control.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Continuous pulse oximetry with wireless clinician notification (Covidien Nellcor Oxinet II)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this monitoring could reduce life-threatening breathing complications after surgery and improve patient safety.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is observational in nature and may not prove the monitoring directly improves outcomes. Alarm fatigue or technical issues could limit its real-world benefit.
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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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2,512 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Oct 2010
- Finished
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Dec 2019
- 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: * All surgical admission to wards E4 and F4 at Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Exclusion Criteria: * Patient's refusal to be monitored
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hamilton Health Sciences-Juravinski Hospital Location
Hamilton, Ontario, L8V 1C3, Canada
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