Smart oxygen machine could prevent dangerous levels in hospital patients
NCT ID NCT06374225
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a device that automatically adjusts oxygen levels for hospitalized patients with serious injuries or illnesses. 300 adults received either the automated device or standard manual oxygen adjustments. The goal was to see if the device kept oxygen levels in a safer range (90-96%) during the first 72 hours of care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Automated oxygen titration device (O2matic PRO100)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this device could help hospitals keep patients' oxygen levels in a safer range automatically, reducing complications from too much or too little oxygen.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial with 300 participants, but results may not apply to all patients or settings. The device may not improve outcomes like survival or length of stay.
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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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300 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- 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 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: * Age 18 years or older * Hospitalized or will be hospitalized from Emergency Department for major trauma, burn, acute care surgery, or acute respiratory illness * Able to be randomized within 36 hours of hospital arrival * Receiving supplemental oxygen 1-10 liters per minute for documented or presumed hypoxemia (must be higher than baseline for those on chronic oxygen therapy) * Signed and dated informed consent from patient or legally authorized representative (LAR) Exclusion Criteria: * Anticipated hospital discharge within 24 hours * Imminent plans to discontinue supplemental oxygen * Imminent plans to administer high flow nasal oxygen, non-invasive ventilation, or invasive mechanical ventilation * Clinical team unwilling or unable to follow the prescribed oxygen titration method in either randomized group * Known prisoner * Known pregnancy * Known contraindicated conditions for use of the PRO100 device: carbon monoxide poisoning, incapable of handling airway secretions, increased methemoglobin, cyanide poisoning, cluster headaches, undrained pneumothorax, sickle cell crisis, paraquat poisoning or a history of bleomycin poisoning, patients for whom the SpO2 signal is not stable
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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Oregon Health and Sciences University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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