Can a special oxygen mask prevent lung complications after chest surgery?
NCT ID NCT03024112
First seen Jul 07, 2026 · Last updated Jul 08, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether giving patients warm, humidified oxygen at a high flow rate through a nasal cannula after chest surgery can reduce lung complications like low oxygen levels, pneumonia, or the need for a breathing tube. Adults who have chest surgery and are admitted to the ICU afterward are eligible. The study compares this high-flow oxygen to standard oxygen therapy to see if it improves recovery and shortens hospital stays.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Heated humidified high-flow nasal cannula oxygen
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could become a standard way to prevent lung complications after chest surgery, shortening hospital stays.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study. The results may not apply to all surgery patients, and the device may not reduce complications as hoped.
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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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51 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Aug 2013
- Finished
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Jun 2015
- 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 to 100 years
- 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: * Undergoing Thoracic surgery * Planned admission to ICU after surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Younger than 18 * Pregnant * Breast feeding * Known diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea * Current or previous lung transplant * Pneumonectomy * Home oxygen greater than 4L/minute * Inability to adhere to assigned treatment prior to 48 hours of surgery or until transferred to a floor
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Unversity of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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