New tool aims to take guesswork out of removing breathing tubes
NCT ID NCT05506904
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a computer tool called the Extubation Advisor that helps doctors decide when to safely remove a breathing tube from critically ill patients. The tool combines patient data with risk predictions. The study will enroll 200 adults who have been on a ventilator for more than 48 hours. The goal is to see if the tool is practical and useful in intensive care units.
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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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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: * Critically ill adults (age≥18) * Invasive ventilation for \>48 hours * Who are expected to undergo an initial SBT within the next 48 hours with a view to extubation as per treating MDs. As per the FAST trial, an SBT will be defined as a focused assessment on low ventilator settings \[T-piece, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), or PS \< 8 cm H2O regardless of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) Exclusion Criteria: * Suffer from known or suspected peripheral severe myopathy or neuropathy, or limb weakness or paralysis or central (e.g., post arrest, large intracranial stroke or bleed) injury or Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) \< 6 * Do not wish to be re-intubated as part of their treatment goals * Were previously extubated during the same ICU admission * Have undergone 1 or more SBTs where the SBT was clearly documented in the chart and/or the PS was reduced to the SBT level of 8 or less during the 24 hour period prior to randomization * Already have a tracheostomy * Are moribund or expected to die.
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How to take part
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The places running it
12 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H2X 3E4, Canada
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Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg
RECRUITINGWinnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1R9, Canada
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Hopital de l'Enfant Jesus
RECRUITINGQuébec, Quebec, G1J 1Z4, Canada
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Hotel Dieu de Levis
RECRUITINGLévis, Quebec, G6V 3Z1, Canada
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Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec
RECRUITINGSte-Foy, Quebec, G1V 4G5, Canada
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Kingston Health Sciences Centre
RECRUITINGKingston, Ontario, K7L 2V7, Canada
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Queensway Carleton Hospital
RECRUITINGOttawa, Ontario, K2H 8P4, Canada
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Royal Alexandra Hospital
RECRUITINGEdmonton, Alberta, T5H 3V9, Canada
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St. Boniface Hospital
RECRUITINGWinnipeg, Manitoba, R2H 2A6, Canada
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
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The Ottawa Hospital
RECRUITINGOttawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada
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Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's Hospital
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada
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