Custom breathing support during lung surgery may cut risks
NCT ID NCT07387822
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether tailoring breathing machine settings to each patient during lung surgery can lower the chance of lung problems like pneumonia or breathing failure. About 352 adults having video-assisted lung surgery will be randomly assigned to either standard ventilation or a personalized approach that adjusts air pressure to keep lungs open. The main goal is to see if personalized ventilation reduces complications within the first week after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Individualized Open Lung Ventilation (procedure)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a safer way to ventilate patients during lung surgery, reducing serious breathing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center trial with 352 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The personalized approach may not lower complication rates 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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About 352 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 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 to 75 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: * Age 18 to 75 years. * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III. * Body mass index between 18 and 30 kg/m². * Scheduled for elective video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). * Expected duration of one-lung ventilation longer than 1 hour. * Able to understand the study procedures and provide written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or breastfeeding. * Emergency surgery or reoperation. * History of severe pulmonary disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary fibrosis, severe emphysema, pulmonary bullae, pneumothorax, or uncontrolled asthma. * History of heart failure or coronary artery disease. * Previous thoracic surgery or mechanical ventilation within 1 month before surgery. * Planned postoperative mechanical ventilation. * Bilateral thoracic surgery. * Participation in another interventional clinical trial. * Conversion to open thoracotomy during surgery.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Aerospace Center Hospital
Beijing, China
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