Blood marker may prevent fluid overload in kids after heart surgery
NCT ID NCT07255469
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at a blood test that may help doctors decide which children need extra fluids after heart surgery. Giving fluids when not needed can be harmful. The researchers will check if a certain blood marker can predict which children will benefit from fluids. About 110 children in intensive care will take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 110 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 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.
Who is studied
Patient hospitalized in an intensive care unit after cardiac surgery with a prescription of a 10ml/kg fluid expansion by the physician in charge
- Ages
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0 days to 15 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: * Age less than or equal to 15 years old * Hospitalization in a pediatric intensive care unit after cardiac surgery * Prescription by the attending physician of a fluid expansion of 10ml/kg * Prescription of arterial and venous blood gas before and after the volume expansion to help manage acute circulatory failure * Patient implanted with a functioning arterial line * Patient implanted with a functioning central venous line in the superior vena cava territory Exclusion Criteria: * Patient less than 37 weeks' corrected gestational age * Hemodynamic instability making the delay necessary for any test dangerous * Supine position contraindicated or deleterious * Impairment of echocardiographic acoustic window or restless patient making ultrasonography impossible * Opposition to participate expressed by the patient or by a parent or legal guardian
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Cardiologique Haut Lévêque - CHU de Bordeaux
RECRUITINGPessac, France, 33604, France
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Hôpital Felix Guyon - CHU de la Réunion
RECRUITINGSaint-Denis, La Réunion, 97400, France
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Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre - CHU de Lille
RECRUITINGLille, France, 59000, France
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Hôpital Louis Pradel - Hospices Civils de Lyon
RECRUITINGBron, France, 69500, France
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Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades - Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
RECRUITINGParis, France, 75015, France
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Hôpital de la Timone - Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMarseille, France, 13385, France
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Hôpital des enfants - CHU de Toulouse
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGToulouse, France, 31300, France
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Hôpital mère-enfant - CHU de Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, France, 44093, France
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