New blood thinning combo could cut ECMO bleeding and clotting risks
NCT ID NCT06676085
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a new way to manage blood thinning in patients on ECMO, a machine that helps the heart and lungs. The goal is to reduce bleeding and clotting problems, which affect over 40% of ECMO patients. Researchers will compare a combination of two blood thinners (nafamostat and heparin) against standard heparin alone in 140 adults with severe respiratory failure.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Nafamostat combined with unfractionated heparin
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a safer way to manage blood thinning in ECMO patients, reducing dangerous bleeding and clotting events.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with only 140 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The new method could still cause bleeding or clotting issues.
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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 140 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 older than 18 years old * received VV ECMO because of severe respiratory failure Exclusion Criteria: * anticoagulant contraindications * cerebral infarction or suspected patients * severe hypertension * women in gestational and lactational period * hemophilia * allergic to heparin or Nafamostat * unwilling or unable to complete the study
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Bing Sun
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100020, China
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