Warming blankets before surgery may keep patients safer
NCT ID NCT04011462
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether warming patients before digestive surgery helps keep their body temperature normal. 105 adults having cancer surgery were divided into three groups: one with standard blankets, and two using a forced-air warming system for 20 or 30 minutes. The study also compared a new skin thermometer to standard ones to see which is better at detecting low temperature.
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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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105 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2019
- Finished
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Mar 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18 years and over at the time of data collection * Patients submitted to elective oncological surgery of the digestive, curative or palliative system, with anesthesia duration of at least one hour Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects with body temperature equal to or greater than 38 ºC at the time of admission to the Surgical Center * Patients submitted to video laparoscopic or minimally invasive surgeries
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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ICESP
São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil
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