New study aims to shorten ventilator time for ECMO patients
NCT ID NCT06876415
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether closely tracking a patient's breathing effort can help doctors decide the best time to remove a life-support machine called ECMO in people with severe lung failure (ARDS). About 50 adults on ECMO will be randomly assigned to have their breathing monitored or not. The goal is to see if this approach reduces the total time they need a breathing tube.
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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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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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
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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: * Adult patients aged 18 years or older Patient whose trusted person has given consent for participation in the study * Patient on veno-venous ECMO with weaning criteria, including: * Resolution of the cause of ARDS * Absence of hemodynamic instability, defined as norepinephrine dose ≤ 0.5 μg/kg/min for at least 3 hours * Use of a ventilatory mode that allows spontaneous ventilation (VS-AI, BiPAP, or APRV) * Maximum inspiratory pressure ≤ 28 cm H2O, with a maximum driving pressure ≤ 15 cm H2O, enabling tidal volumes between 4 and 8 ml/kg of predicted body weight (PBW) * ECMO membrane sweep flow ≤ 2 L/min * Patient protected by social security Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to the placement of an esophageal pressure balloon (e.g., esophageal varices, nasal trauma, uncontrolled coagulopathy, severe thrombocytopenia), * Patient with treatment limitation at the time of inclusion, * Patient in the time frame of exclusion from another research protocol at the time of consent signing, * Vulnerable patients: minor, adult patient under guardianship or curatorship, patient deprived of liberty, pregnant or breastfeeding woman.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Assistance - Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille
RECRUITINGMarseille, 13005, France
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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
RECRUITINGParis, France
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CHU de Nice
RECRUITINGNice, France
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Hospices Civiles de Lyon
RECRUITINGLyon, France
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