Sedative drug may boost lung healing after surgery
NCT ID NCT06502002
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether giving the sedative dexmedetomidine during lung surgery helps the lungs re-inflate better afterward. One hundred adults having a lung lobe removed received either the drug or a placebo. The goal was to see if the drug improves lung aeration and reduces complications like collapsed lungs or pneumonia.
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Study facts
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- 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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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: • Adult patients (Age \>18 years until 80 years) undergoing lobectomy and/or segmentectomy. Exclusion Criteria: * Urgent or emergency thoracic surgery. * Other concomitant non-pulmonary procedures (pleurectomy, diaphragmatic procedures, pericardiocentesis, esophageal procedures, thymectomy). * Prior lung resection surgery. * Epidural block for intraoperative or postoperative analgesia. * Preoperative arrhythmia (second degree AV block or pacemaker) or significant bradycardia (heart rate \< 50). * Preoperative hypotension (mean arterial blood pressure \< 65 mmHg). * Severe functional liver or kidney disease. * Non-English speakers * Consent withdrawal.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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