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New imaging technique may reveal why prone positioning helps some ARDS patients

NCT ID NCT06181539

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study looked at 94 adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who needed a breathing tube and were placed on their stomachs (prone position). Researchers used a non-invasive imaging tool called electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to measure how air and blood flow were distributed in the lungs before and after 16 hours of prone ventilation. The goal was to understand why some patients improve and others do not, and to find factors that predict a good response.

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What this could lead to
If successful, this could help doctors predict which ARDS patients will benefit most from prone ventilation, improving treatment decisions.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed observational study, not a treatment trial. The findings may not change practice without larger confirmatory studies.

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Study facts

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Participants

94 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Dec 2023

Finished

Jul 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Who is studied

Patients who met inclusion exclusion criteria will implement EIT monitoring at the time of before the prone position, prone position for 16 hours and prone position ending 8h.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

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Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * 1\. Age ≥18 years. 2. Patients diagnosed with ARDS according to the Berlin definition and need to endotracheal intubated and mechanical ventilated in prone position within 48 hours of endotracheal intubation 3. PaO2/FiO2 \< 150 mmHg with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) ≥ 5 cmH2O according to the Berlin definition. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Contraindications of EIT such as chest wound dressing, installation of pacemaker, defibrillator, etc. 2\. Unstable vertebral fracture 3. Within 15 days after severe facial trauma or facial surgery 4 within 15 days after tracheal surgery or sternotomy 5. Hemodynamic instability or recent cardiac arrest 6. Increased intraocular pressure. 7. Unstable femoral or pelvic fractures and pelvic external fixation. 8 He had severe chest wall disease and unstable rib fractures. 9 Recent cardiothoracic surgery. 10. Pneumothorax 11. Chronic lung disease: severe obstructive pulmonary disease, severe asthma, interstitial lung disease. 12\. Maternal 13. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(ECMO) had been administered on admission to the ICU. 14\. Intracranial hypertension 15. Pulmonary embolism, acute or chronic right heart failure 16. Severe cardiac dysfunction (New York Heart Association class III or IV, acute coronary syndrome, or sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia), cardiogenic shock; 17. No informed consent was obtained

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  • Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, Hubei, 430000, China

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