Can heart health predict ventilator weaning success?
NCT ID NCT05226247
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether the heart's pumping ability plays a role in why some patients fail to come off a mechanical ventilator. Researchers will use ultrasound to check heart and lung function before and during a breathing test in 250 intensive care patients. The goal is to better understand and predict weaning failure caused by fluid buildup in the lungs.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors predict which patients will struggle to come off a ventilator, potentially reducing complications and time in intensive care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly improve outcomes, and results may not apply to all ventilator patients.
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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 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2022
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
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.
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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. Invasive mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours 2. Patients indicated, according to intensivists, for carrying out a spontaneous breathing trial weaning test, based on the presence of all of the following criteria: 1. SpO2\> 90% with FiO2 ≤40% and PEEP ≤5 cmH2O 2. Cough effectiveness on tracheal aspirations 3. Lack of hemodynamic instability and of disorders of consciousness 3. Patients at high risk of weaning-induced pulmonary edema (WIPO), defined by one or more of the following criteria: 1. Obesity, defined by a body mass index\> 30 kg/m² 2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 3. Chronic heart disease Exclusion Criteria: 1. Age \<18 years and pregnant women 2. Patients with a decision of not to resuscitate 3. Poor echogenicity 4. Severe mitral valve disease (leakage and/or stenosis, bioprosthesis) 5. Patients with pacemaker 6. Tracheostomy 7. Chronic neuromuscular or neurodegenerative diseases
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Dijon
RECRUITINGDijon, 21079, France
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CHU de NICE
RECRUITINGNice, 06200, France
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Hôpital Cochin
RECRUITINGParis, 75014, France
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