Can a quick ultrasound spot lung problems? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07046234
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study checks if a lung ultrasound done at the bedside can give clear enough images to help doctors assess patients with shortness of breath. About 150 adults with or without known lung disease will each get two ultrasounds. The goal is to see if the images are good enough for a doctor to make a diagnosis.
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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 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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22 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: * 1\. Patients over the age of 22; AND * 2\. Patients with known lung pathology or patients with no known lung pathology in the hospital or presenting to the hospital or outpatient setting with shortness of breath. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Patients in extremis and/or patients in whom a lung ultrasound would not normally be performed; * 2\. Patients who are unable to consent; * 3\. Patients who are prisoners; AND * 4\. Patients who do not speak English fluently.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
The full official record for this study. This one lists no contact details, but it is the first place any would appear.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, 60208, United States
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Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60612-3833, United States
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Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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