Breathing tube removal method may reduce oxygen drops after surgery
NCT ID NCT04381949
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested two methods of removing a breathing tube after digestive surgery to see which one helps patients breathe better. 208 adults having surgery lasting over an hour took part. One group had the tube removed the usual way, and the other had it removed while still connected to the breathing machine. The main goal was to see which method led to fewer drops in oxygen levels.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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208 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- 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: * Age\> 18 and \<80 * Patient going to benefit from general anesthesia with orotracheal intubation for surgery lasting more than 60 minutes at the visceral surgery unit of the Rouen University Hospital. * Person affiliated to a social security scheme * Person who has read and understood the newsletter and signed the consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Minor patients or age\> 80 years * History of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome * Chronic respiratory failure / History of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease * Surgery \< 60 minutes * Use of methylene blue intraoperatively * Extubation finally performed in the operating room * orotracheal intubation difficult to induce general anesthesia * Suspected inhalation during orotracheal intubation * Pneumothorax per operative * Heart failure authenticated by trans thoracic ultrasound \<50% * Neuromuscular pathologies (myasthenia gravis, myopathies) * Body mass index\> 35 * Emergency surgery * Patient with an ASA IV score (ie according to the definition of the American Society of Anesthesiology) * Major surgical complications (hemorrhagic shock) * Major anesthetic complications (anaphylactic shock, bronchospasm) * Pregnant or parturient or lactating woman or woman of childbearing age without proven contraception * Person deprived of their liberty by an administrative or judicial decision or person placed under the protection of justice / guardianship or curatorship
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chu Rouen
Rouen, 76031, France
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