Can a 5-Minute clamp before surgery save lives?
NCT ID NCT03718312
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether briefly stopping blood flow to the aorta before surgery (called ischemic pre-conditioning) could reduce complications in people undergoing open repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. 65 patients were randomly assigned to receive either the pre-conditioning procedure or standard clamping. The main goals were to see if it lowered the chance of serious lung or kidney problems after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ischemic pre-conditioning (brief clamping and release of the aorta before surgery)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could reduce serious lung and kidney complications after major aortic surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with only 65 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The procedure itself carries risks during the clamping phase.
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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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65 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2019
- Finished
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Jul 2023
- 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 85 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: 1. Patient \> 18 and \<85 years old 2. Patient having a planned surgery for a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm by direct approach, 3. Patient with aortic aneurysm requiring supra-visceral aortic clamping and visceral artery reconstruction, 4. Aortic aneurysmal patient with or without distal femoral circulatory assistance, 5. Patient with aortic aneurysm of atheromatous or dissecting etiology, 6. Woman of childbearing potential with effective contraception (estrogen-progestin or intrauterine device or tubal ligation), postmenopausal woman (≥ 12 months of amenorrhea not induced by therapy) 7. Patient who read and understood the newsletter and signed the consent form 8. Patient affiliated with a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient with aortic aneurysms requiring supra-visceral aortic clamping but not requiring visceral artery reconstruction (supra-visceral aortic clamping for renal aortic juxtaposition aorta), 2. Patient with thoraco abdominal aortic aneurysms requiring a circulatory arrest (aortic aneurysms affecting the descending thoracic aorta or the aortic arch) 3. Patient requiring emergency aortic surgery 4. Patient under treatment known as interfering with PCI (Nicorandil or oral antidiabetic agents), 5. Pregnant or lactating woman (negative result of baseline blood test) 6. Participation in another interventional study within 28 days before randomization or during this study 7. Person deprived of liberty by an administrative or judicial decision or person subject to a legal measure for the protection of adults, 8. Patient under the protection of justice, patient under guardianship or curatorship.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital, Rouen
Rouen, 76031, France
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