Can a simple oxygen tube cut surgery infections?
NCT ID NCT05185115
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether giving extra oxygen through a nasal tube during hospital stay can lower the chance of wound infections and skin issues after ankle surgery. It involves 200 adults who are at higher risk due to conditions like diabetes or smoking. Half receive oxygen, half do not, and their recovery is tracked for six months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- oxygen
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, low-cost way to reduce wound infections and skin problems after ankle surgery in people with risk factors like diabetes or smoking.
- What could go wrong
- This is a pilot study, so it's small and designed mainly to see if a larger trial is feasible. The results may not be conclusive, and oxygen therapy might not reduce complications significantly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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.
- 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: * Patient over 18 years of age * Patient with an ankle joint injury with surgical indication * Patient with at least one risk factor for scar complication such as comorbidity(ies) (diabetes, smoking, peripheral neuropathy, obstructive arterial disease of the lower limbs, microangiopathy, treatment influencing healing (chemotherapy, corticosteroids...)) and/or complex fracture * Patient affiliated to a social security system * Patient having signed an informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with chronic respiratory insufficiency * Patient with sleep apnea with equipment * Patient under long term oxygen therapy * Patient with a bilateral ankle fracture * Polytrauma patients * Pregnant or breastfeeding women or those refusing effective contraception * Patient deprived of liberty or under legal protection (guardianship or curatorship) * Patient unable to follow the protocol, as judged by the investigator * Patient refusing to participate in the study
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dr Gadbed
Nantes, France, 44000, France
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