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Can simple tests guide fluid therapy in unconscious ICU patients?
NCT ID NCT06180902
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at different methods to predict whether giving IV fluids will help raise blood pressure in patients with impaired consciousness. Researchers will compare tests like ultrasound of the vena cava, leg raising, and fluid challenges in 222 ICU patients. The goal is to find which methods are most accurate in this specific group, where data is currently lacking.
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 successful, this could help doctors better decide when to give IV fluids to unconscious patients with low blood pressure, potentially improving outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not testing a new treatment. Results may not change practice directly, and individual patient factors can affect accuracy.
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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 222 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 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: * Age ≥ 18 years. * Hospitalization in an intensive care unit * Level of consciousness on the FOUR scale ≤ 12 points * Planned infusion therapy * Presence of a central venous catheter or direct indication for catheterization * The decision of the medical council to include the patient in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Pulmonary edema * Absence of one or both lower extremities * Chronic kidney disease according to KDIGO classification ≥ stage 3b * Acute kidney injury grade 3 * Documented or suspected increased intracranial pressure (cerebral edema, brain compression, hydrocephalus, etc.). * Presence of mitral valve regurgitation \> grade 1 * Presence of aortic valve regurgitation \> grade 1 * Patients previously enrolled in the "COMPASS" study in the period of 12 preceding hours
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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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Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology
RECRUITINGMoscow, Russia
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