New Radiation-Free lung scanner could transform monitoring of blood clot surgery
NCT ID NCT07577700
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether a bedside imaging technique called electrical impedance tomography (EIT) can reliably measure blood flow in the lungs of patients with chronic blood clots. Thirty-six people scheduled for surgery to remove these clots will be monitored with EIT before and after the procedure. The goal is to see if EIT can provide useful information about lung blood flow without radiation or invasive procedures, potentially offering a safer way to track recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a safer, bedside way to monitor lung blood flow in patients with chronic blood clots, reducing the need for radiation-based scans.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (36 people) testing a diagnostic tool, not a treatment. It may not prove EIT is reliable enough for routine use, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
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- 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 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- 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.
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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: \- Patients diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) followed at the Pulmonology Service of InCor-HCFMUSP and scheduled for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy at InCor-FMUSP. Exclusion Criteria: * Age under 18 years * Pregnancy * Structural heart disease (atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, or valvular heart disease) * Cardiac arrhythmias * Use of a cardiac pacemaker or other implantable electronic device * Skin lesions on the thoracic region at the site of EIT electrode belt placement * Absence of central venous access on the day of the preoperative protocol evaluation * Difficulty understanding the procedures to be performed * Refusal to participate in the study (non-signing of the Informed Consent Form) * Refusal by the attending medical team
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-900, Brazil
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