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New breathing technique may help ventilator patients wean faster
NCT ID NCT02382861
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a newer breathing machine method (NAVA) helps patients with respiratory failure come off the ventilator faster than the usual method (PSV). The study included 47 adults who had trouble weaning from the ventilator. Researchers measured how long it took to successfully breathe without the machine and looked at complications like pneumonia. The goal was to see if NAVA reduces weaning time and improves outcomes.
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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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47 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2015
- Finished
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Jan 2017
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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
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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 \>18 years * Under mechanical ventilation \> 48 hours * A first failure of a SBT * Plateau pressure 30cmH2O with tidal volume 8ml / kg * SpO2 ≥ in 90 % with a FiO2 ≥ 50 %, or PaO2 / FiO2 \> 150mmHg * Positive expiratory pressure 8cmH2O * No more of one mg/hour of noradrenaline or adrenalin * Temperature \>36 and \<39°C. * Stable neurological state (Glasgow scale \> 4) without sedation (or very low sedation). * Consent, dated and signed by the patient or his representative. Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications to the NAVA (recent high digestive suture or oesophageal varices bleeding \< 4 days). * Pregnant woman. * Age \<18 years. * Tracheotomy. * Cardiac arrest with a reserved neurological prognostic. * Therapeutic limitation.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Bordeaux Hôpital Pellegrin
Bordeaux, Aquitaine, 33000, France
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