Can softer ventilation during robotic surgery protect Patients' lungs?
NCT ID NCT07277244
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This pilot study tests a bundle of low-intensity ventilation strategies during robotic surgery to see if it reduces lung collapse and breathing complications after surgery. Sixty adults having non-emergency robotic abdominal or pelvic surgery will be enrolled. The study focuses on whether this approach is feasible and how it affects lung function, not on proving it works better than standard care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Low-intensity mechanical ventilation bundle (device-based intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a safer ventilation strategy during robotic surgery to reduce lung complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study (60 people) testing feasibility, not effectiveness. Results may not apply to other surgeries or patients.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 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: * Adult patients undergoing non-emergent intra-abdominal or pelvic robot-assisted surgery with an expected duration of at least 2 hours, under general anesthesia with planned extubation at the end of the procedure Exclusion Criteria: * Known pregnancy * Pre-existing intubation or tracheostomy * Contraindications for esophageal manometry: severe midface trauma or recent nasal surgery, esophageal varices, recent gastric or esophageal surgery * Contraindications for electrical impedance tomography (EIT): inability to place EIT belt, presence of an active electronic implantable device (e.g., pacemaker, ICD)
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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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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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