Hospital efficiency hack: move breathing tube removal out of the OR?
NCT ID NCT07332806
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether moving patients to the recovery room before removing their breathing tube frees up the operating room faster after robot-assisted surgery. Researchers will compare two approaches in 218 adults: removing the tube in the operating room versus in the post-anesthesia care unit. They will measure how long the operating room is occupied and check for any increase in complications or recovery problems.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help hospitals schedule more surgeries by reducing time each robot-assisted operation ties up an operating room.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on efficiency, not a new treatment. Results may not apply to other types of surgery or hospitals with different routines.
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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 218 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
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: 1. Aged ≥18 years; 2. Scheduled to undergo elective robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery under general anesthesia; 3. Expected tracheal extubation during daytime working hours (before 4:00 PM). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Refuse to participate in the study; 2. Morbid obesity (body mass index ≥35 kg/m²); 3. Preoperatively diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea, or patients with a STOP-Bang score ≥3 in combination with serum bicarbonate (HCO₃-) ≥28 mmol/L; 4. Patients at high risk of difficult airway (anticipated difficult intubation and/or extubation during preoperative assessment); 5. Preexisting sick sinus syndrome, severe sinus bradycardia (heart rate \< 50 beats/min), or second-degree or higher atrioventricular block without pacemaker implantation; congenital heart disease with any type of arrhythmia; or other severe cardiovascular diseases with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class ≥III; 6. Significant pulmonary function impairment (FEV₁/FVC ratio \< 70%, and total lung capacity \[TLC\] and vital capacity \[VC\] \< 80% of predicted values); 7. Severe hepatic dysfunction (Child-Pugh class C); severe renal dysfunction (estimated glomerular filtration rate \< 30 mL/min/1.73 m²); or American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification ≥IV; 8. Preoperative diagnoses of schizophrenia, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, or myasthenia gravis; 9. Inability to communicate due to coma, severe dementia, or language impairment; 10. Planned postoperative admission to the intensive care unit; 11. Any other conditions that are deemed for study participation.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Peking University Fist Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100034, China
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