Heart scans reveal best breathing test for ICU patients
NCT ID NCT06923267
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at 24 ICU patients on breathing machines who are ready to try breathing on their own. Doctors will use heart ultrasound to see which of three breathing tests is easiest on the heart. The goal is to find the best way to help patients safely stop using the breathing machine.
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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 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 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
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: * Intubated patient undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hours and scheduled for a spontaneous breathing trial * Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) between -1 and +1 * Patient at high risk of re-intubation with at least one of the following criteria: * Underlying cardiac disease (left ventricular dysfunction with left ventricular ejection fraction ≤ 45%, documented ischemic heart disease, chronic atrial fibrillation, known history of cardiogenic pulmonary edema) * Underlying respiratory disease (COPD, Emphysema, bronchial dilatation, asthma, obesity/hypoventilation syndrome, restrictive lung disease) Exclusion Criteria: * Neuromuscular pathology (myasthenia type) preceding hospitalization * Pregnant or breast-feeding women * Patient already included in the study * Protected person (under guardianship or curatorship) * Person under court protection * Person not affiliated to a social security scheme
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chu Orleans
RECRUITINGOrléans, 45067, France
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