New device aims to help ventilator patients breathe easier by scrubbing CO2 from blood
NCT ID NCT07326215
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tests a device called PrismaLung+ that removes carbon dioxide from the blood of critically ill patients who are on breathing machines. The trial will include 99 adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome or kidney injury. Half will receive standard care plus the device, while the other half gets standard care alone. The goal is to see if the device safely lowers carbon dioxide levels and improves outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PrismaLung+ device (extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal system)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could help critically ill patients on ventilators by safely lowering carbon dioxide levels, potentially reducing lung damage and improving recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with only 99 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The device requires blood thinning, which carries bleeding risks.
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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 99 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: 1. Age ≥ 18 years old. 2. Invasive mechanical ventilation patients with PaCO2 \> 50 mmHg and pH \< 7.4 under LPV strategy (RR \< 25/min, DP \< 15 cmH2O). 3. Expected to be able to tolerate ECCO2R for a minimum of 2h. 4. Patients signed a written informed consent; if the right to consent cannot be exercised due to loss of decision-making ability or impairment of consciousness, the legal representative or immediate family member must sign the informed consent document after fully understanding the research content. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Body weight \< 30 kg. 2. Has a contraindication for systemic anticoagulation with heparin according to the Investigator. 3. Patient unable to establish extracorporeal circulation access or has a high risk of establishing such access, as judged by the Investigator. 4. Allergic to the investigational device/tubing, and/or to the CRRT filters/tubing if combined with CRRT treatment. 5. Expected to require extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) treatment within 24h after enrollment. 6. Patient's primary disease is expected to worsen rapidly or require other surgical intervention within 24h after enrollment. 7. Diagnosed as brain dead or in a vegetative state. 8. Pregnant and/or breastfeeding. 9. Plans to participate in other device studies within 30 days before screening or during the study period or has completed any clinical drug study within 5 half lives of the investigational drug. 10. Patients is considered as unsuitable for participating in the study, as judged by the Investigator.
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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.
How to take part
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The places running it
10 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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China-Japan Friendship Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100029, China
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Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610072, China
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Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310016, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510630, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
RECRUITINGHarbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, 330006, China
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The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital
RECRUITINGShenzhen, Guangdong, 518053, China
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ZhongShan Hospital Fudan University
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200032, China
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Zhongda Hospital Southeast University
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, China
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