AI could help doctors decide when to take patients off ventilators
NCT ID NCT05886803
First seen Jun 29, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether machine learning can predict if a patient in intensive care will succeed in a spontaneous breathing test—a key step before removing a ventilator. Researchers will analyze biosignals like heart rate and breathing patterns from 500 patients' medical records. The goal is to develop an algorithm that helps clinicians make safer, faster decisions about weaning patients from mechanical ventilation.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- machine learning algorithm
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could give doctors a reliable tool to predict when a patient is ready to breathe on their own, reducing time on ventilators and improving outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a retrospective study using existing data, so results may not apply to all patients. The algorithm's accuracy in real-time clinical settings remains unproven.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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.
Who is studied
All patient admited in Intensive Care/Critical Care who needed ventilatory support, whatever the etiology requiring it.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Computerized health report (CHR) * Spontaneous breathing test should have been performed Exclusion Criteria: * Spontaneous breathing test has not been performed, * Biosignal (cardiac, respiratory) are not registered in the CHR * Patient died before the spontaneous breathing test * Opposition to the study has been expressed.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital of Nice
RECRUITINGNice, 06200, France
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