New breathing tech aims to free ICU patients from ventilators faster
NCT ID NCT05219643
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a newer breathing support method called NAVA helps patients with ARDS come off mechanical ventilation faster than standard PSV. 130 tracheotomy patients were randomly assigned to one of the two methods. The main goal was to see how many days patients were alive and free from the ventilator within 28 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- NAVA (neurally-adjusted ventilatory assist) device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, NAVA could become a standard method to help patients with ARDS breathe on their own faster, reducing time on a ventilator.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial with 130 participants, so results are limited. NAVA may not improve weaning success or ICU outcomes compared to standard care.
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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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130 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- 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 to 85 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: 1. Tracheotomy and invasive mechanical ventilation is expected to be required for \> 48h; 2. When support pressure ≤ 15 cmH2O, it can withstand pressure support ventilation (PSV) time \> 1h; Exclusion Criteria: 1. Age \< 18 years or \> 85 years; 2. Deep sedation. 3. Severe hemodynamic instability (norepinephrine or equivalent converted dose of other vasoactive drugs \> 1ug / kg.min or map ≤ 65mmhg) 4. Severe respiratory center depression, high paraplegia, neuromuscular disease; 5. Esophageal obstruction, esophageal perforation, severe esophageal variceal bleeding, upper gastrointestinal surgery, diaphragmatic hernia and thoracic deformity; 6. Patients with chronic respiratory diseases requiring long-term home oxygen therapy; 7. Patients with severe coagulation dysfunction (INR \> 1.5, APTT \> 44s, history of leukemia); 8. Severe other organ dysfunction is expected to die in a short time (7 days) or palliative treatment. 9. The estimated survival time of advanced solid organ or hematological system tumors is \< 30 days 10. Participate in other clinical studies within 30 days; 11. Failing to sign the informed consent form;
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Yijishan Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College
Wuhu, Anhui, 241001, China
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Zhongda Hospital
Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, China
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