Warm lung transport device aims to cut transplant failure
NCT ID NCT07340710
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a device that keeps donor lungs warm and breathing during transport, instead of putting them on ice. The goal is to reduce severe lung swelling (edema) after transplant, which can lead to failure. About 450 lung transplant patients will take part, with two-thirds getting the device and one-third getting standard cold storage.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- OCS Lung System (a device that keeps donor lungs warm and breathing during transport)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could reduce early lung failure after transplant, helping more patients recover without severe complications.
- What could go wrong
- This trial hasn't started yet, and the device is compared to standard cold storage. It may not show a clear benefit, and device-related risks are possible.
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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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About 450 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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.
Donor Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria Inclusion Criteria: * Donor lungs are deemed clinically acceptable for transplantation after physical examination of the donor lungs in the donor and/or on the back table in the donor operating room. * Eligible for randomization to OCS or SCS treatment arms. Exclusion Criteria: \- Severe traumatic donor lung injury with air and/or blood leak (as seen on radiological studies, bronchial examinations or final visual physical assessment in donor's chest or back table). Recipient Inclusion/Exclusion: Inclusion Criteria: * Signed informed consent document and authorization to use and disclose protected health information * Double lung transplant candidate * Age ≥ 18 years old Exclusion: \- Participant in any other interventional clinical or investigational trials/programs that may confound the outcomes of this trial.
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