New study aims to prevent lung collapse after surgery
NCT ID NCT06296173
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a special method of removing the breathing tube after abdominal surgery to prevent lung problems. It involves 270 adults at moderate or high risk of lung complications. The goal is to see if a protective extubation approach is practical and followed correctly by doctors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could establish a safer extubation method to reduce postoperative lung problems like collapsed lungs or pneumonia.
- What could go wrong
- This is a feasibility trial focused on recruitment and adherence, not on proving effectiveness. Results may not change practice immediately.
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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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About 270 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- 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.
- 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: * Adult patients (18 years of age or over) * Elective intra-abdominal surgery under general anesthesia. * Moderate or high risk of postoperative pulmonary complication according to the ARISCAT score (score of 26 or more) * Planned postoperative hospitalization Exclusion Criteria: * Expected or known difficult intubation according to the treating anesthesiologist * Postoperative mechanical ventilation (planned or unplanned) * General anesthesia performed outside the main operating room
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Québec - Université Laval
RECRUITINGQuébec, Quebec, G1V 4G2, Canada
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Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H2X 0C1, Canada
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Royal Columbian Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVancouver, British Columbia, V3L 3W7, Canada
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The Ottawa Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGOttawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada
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Unity Health Network
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada
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