Tiny blood samples reveal how heart surgery affects infant immune system
NCT ID NCT04423523
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This completed study looked at immune markers called DAMPs in 88 young children (3 months or younger) after heart surgery. Researchers collected extra blood samples to measure inflammation-related proteins and gene activity. The goal was to better understand how the body's immune system responds to heart-lung machine use during surgery.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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88 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2020
- Finished
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Dec 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
All patients admitted to pediatric resuscitation at the Nantes University Hospital after cardiac surgery under CEC ( extra-corporal circulation) and aged less than 3 months meeting the criteria for inclusion and non-inclusion of the study will be included. We can objectify the recruitment of 80 patients in total over 3 years. Since natural evolution (variation of rates and their kinetics) of the secretion of different DAMPs during the first months of life is unknown, the investigators added a control group to know the expression and kinetics of DAMPs outside cardiac surgery under CEC. This control group will be defined by infants under 3 months of age undergoing heavy digestive surgery and having a central venous catheter to facilitate access to blood samples (n = 20).
- Ages
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Up to 3 months
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient admitted to pediatric intensive care at Nantes University Hospital after cardiac surgery * Age ≤ 3 months corrected age. * Control group: patients less than 3 months old following cardiac surgery without CPB or digestive surgery with a central venous catheter. Exclusion Criteria: * Futility of care with cessation of blood tests as part of a limitation of active therapies; * Absence of parents for information * Refusal of parents after information (Lack of parental consent) * Blood volume collected for medical purposes incompatible with the needs of the research.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nantes University Hospital
Nantes, 44093, France