New breathing machine approach aims to shield heart in lung failure patients
NCT ID NCT07490925
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This study tests a breathing machine strategy that adjusts pressure based on lung measurements to protect the right side of the heart in 180 adults with moderate to severe lung failure from pneumonia. The goal is to see if this method reduces heart strain and complications compared to standard care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- transpulmonary pressure-guided mechanical ventilation (breathing machine strategy)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could reduce heart complications and improve outcomes for patients with severe pneumonia-related lung failure.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with 180 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The strategy is complex and may not outperform standard care.
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Study facts
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- 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 180 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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.
- 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. ARDS caused by pneumonia (New Global Definition of ARDS) 3. PaO2/FiO2≤200mmHg 4. Received invasive mechanical ventilation 5. Sign the informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: 1. Invasive mechanical ventilation duration \> 48 hours 2. History of pulmonary hypertension caused by various reasons 3. Severe arrhythmia 4. BMI\>30kg/m2 5. Contraindications to inserting an esophageal catheter (including recent esophageal injury or surgery, severe coagulopathy (platelets \< 5×10⁹/L or INR \> 4) 6. Pregnant and lactating women 7. Lung transplant recipient 8. High-risk factors for increased intracranial pressure (including intracranial hemorrhage, cerebral contusion, cerebral edema, intracranial space-occupying lesions, etc.) 9. Active air leakage in the lungs (pneumothorax, mediastinal emphysema, bronchopleural fistula, air leakage from closed thoracic drainage tubes, etc.) 10. Neuromuscular disease 11. Already received salvage measures (iNO, ECMO, prone position, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation) 12. Severe liver failure 13. Participated in other ARDS-related studies within 30 days
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, China
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