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Mini lung machine tested on tiniest patients
NCT ID NCT06750536
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a small device called the MiniLung petite kit, which helps oxygenate blood and remove carbon dioxide in newborns and children weighing 2 to 8 kilograms who have severe breathing or heart failure. The device works with a console to temporarily take over the work of the lungs and heart. Researchers want to see if it safely improves oxygen levels and stabilizes vital signs within 24 hours. The study will enroll 20 participants and observe their progress.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- MiniLung petite kit (a miniaturized ECMO device used with the Xenios console)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a safe and effective way to support breathing and heart function in very small infants with life-threatening respiratory or cardiac failure.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early observational study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. ECMO itself carries risks like bleeding, infection, and blood clots.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
Who is studied
Neonatal and/or pediatric patients with severe acute respiratory and/or cardiopulmonary failure treated with VV or VA ECMO.
- Ages
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Up to 8 months
- 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 * Informed consent signed and dated by parents or legal representative and investigator/authorized physician * Patients ≥2- ≤8 kg bodyweight to be treated with the MiniLung petite kit * Acute severe respiratory and/or cardiopulmonary failure with an ECMO indication Exclusion criteria: * Participation in an interventional clinical study during the preceding 30 days that could interfere with the ECLS therapy * Previous participation in the same study * Prematurity (\<34 weeks gestational age) * Hypersensitivity to heparin or known history of heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) * Impossibility of systemic anticoagulation
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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
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The places running it
2 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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Universitätsklinikum Mannheim
RECRUITINGMannheim, 68167, Germany
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Universitätsklinkum Bonn
RECRUITINGBonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, 53127, Germany
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