Waking up right after heart surgery: could it be better?

NCT ID NCT07518524

Symptom relief Sponsor: Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Ovest Milanese, Ospedale di Legnano Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study compares two anesthesia approaches for heart surgery: Fast Track (waking up within 6 hours) and Ultra Fast Track (waking up right in the operating room). The goal is to see which method leads to fewer lung problems, less pain, and a shorter hospital stay. About 50 adults having certain types of heart surgery will take part.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia (FTCA) and Ultra Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia (UFTCA) procedures
What this could lead to: If successful, this could show that waking up from anesthesia right after heart surgery is safer and leads to a shorter hospital stay.
What could go wrong: This is a small, early-stage study with only 50 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. There is also a risk of complications from early extubation.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 50 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jun 2025

Expected to finish

Dec 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Patients over 18 years of age * All patients scheduled for elective off-pump cardiac surgery or minimally invasive valve surgery via minithoracotomy, who provide explicit consent to participate in the protocol and sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients extubated more than 6 hours postoperatively * Positive pregnancy test * Patients who, for clinical reasons, cannot be awakened in the operating room, including difficult intubation, respiratory failure with P/F ratio \< 200, hemodynamic instability requiring more than one vasoactive drug, cardiopulmonary bypass duration \> 150 minutes, active perioperative bleeding, core temperature \< 35°C.

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Waking up right after heart surgery: could it be better?

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